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NOTABLE  MEN 

OF  ILLINOIS 
&  THEIR    STATE 


THE   CHICAGO  DAILY  JOURNAL 

PUBLISHER 
1912 


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INTRODUCTION 

OTABLE  Men  of  Illinois  and  Their  State," 
like  "Notable  Men  of  Chicago  and  Their 
City,"  is  intended  to  be  a  book  of  ready 
utility  for  the  newspaper  editor  and  artist. 
It  is  issued  as  a  practical  publication  to  meet  the 
newspaper  demand  for  illustration. 

"Notable  Men  of  Chicago  and  Their  City"  was 
received  with  so  much  enthusiasm  and  thankfulness 
by  the  newspapers  and  magazines  of  the  United 
States  that  encouragement  was  given  the  publisher 
to  undertake  the  compilation  of  this  volume. 

Biographically,  the  work  contains  salient  facts 
furnished  by  the  subjects  themselves. 

The  chief  aim,  however,  is  to  put  into  the  refer- 
ence libraries  of  American  publishers  reproductions  in 
half-tone  of  recent  photographs  of  men  prominent  in 
the  commercial,  professional,  official,  political  and 
social  activity  of  the  state  of  Illinois. 


BUNN,  JOHN  W..  of  Springfield,  was  born  in  Hunterdon  county.  New  Jersey,  June  21,  1831.  Mr.  Bunn 
has  been  almost  exclusively  concerned  with  the  wholesale  grocery  business  throughout  his  career.  He  Is  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  John  \V.  Hunn  A:  ('n.,  wholesale  grocers,  bin  in  addition  is  vice-president  of  Selz.  Schwab  &  Co., 
shoe  dealers,  Chicago,  and  the  president  of  the  Springfield  Marine  Bank.  His  business  address  Is  Springfield. 


DUNNE,  EDWARD  FITZSIMMONS,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  Waterville.  Conn.,  Oct.  12.  1853;  s.  P.  W  and  Delia 
M.  (Lawler)  Dunne;  grad.  Peoria  high  schl.,  1870;  took  3  yr.  course  Trinity  Coll.,  Dublin  Univ.,  leaving  before 
completion  of  course  because  of  fit  t  her 's  failure  in  business:  1.1.  Ii.,  CM  inn  Cull,  of  Law,  1S77;  ( I.I..  I)..  St.  lena- 
t.us  Coll.);  adm.  to  bar  1877;  dcm.;  judge  circuit  court  of  Cook  co.,  1892-1905:  resigned;  mayor  of  Chi.  1905-7; 
In  law  practice  since  1907;  presdl.  elector,  1900;  del.  at  large  Dem.  Nat.  Conv.,  li)()S;  candidate  Tor  dem. 
nomination  for  mayor,  primary  election,  1911;  nominated  for  governor,  primaries.  April,  1912;  twice  pres. 
Monticello  and  Iroquois  clubs;  vice-pres.  Xat.  Civic  Federation;  pres.  League  of  Am.  Municipalities,  1906- 
7' clubs.  Iroquois.  Jefferson.  I.A.C.,  Ravenswood.  Westward-Ho.;  office.  City  Hall  square  Bldg. 


OHN  J.  MITCHELL,  president  of  the  Illinois  Trust  and  Sav- 
ings Bank  of  Chicago,  was  born  at  Alton,  111.,  on  Nov.  3,  1853, 
the  son  of  William  H.  and  Mary  A.  Mitchell.     He  attended 
the  public  schools,  Union  Wesleyan  Seminary  at  Kent's  Hill, 
Me.,  and  the  Waterville  Classical  Institute. 
He  came  to  Chicago  in  1873  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Illinois 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank  as  a  messenger.     Seven  years  later  he  was  made 
president  of  the  bank,  which  he  and  his  associates  have  built  into  one  of 
the  largest  and  strongest  banks  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Mitchell  is  vice-president,  chairman  of  the  western  board  of  control 
and  member  of  the  advisory  committee  of  the  Audit  Company  of  New 
York.  He  is  a  trustee  and  member  of  the  advisory  committee  of  the 
American  Surety  Company  of  New  York,  and  a  director  of  the  following: 
First  National  Bank  of  New  York,  Manhattan  Trust  Company,  New  York 
Trust  Company,  Illinois  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Company,  Kansas  City 
Southern  Railway  Company,  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Railway 
Company,  Chicago  &  Alton  Railroad,  P.,  Ft.  Wayne  &  C.  Ry.  Company, 
Pullman  Company,  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  American  Tele- 
phone &  Telegraph  Company,  etc. 

Away  from  his  La  Salle  street  bank,  Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  farmer.  He  owns 
a  stock  farm  of  210  acres,  at  Lake  Geneva,  Wis.,  where  he  spends  nearly 
all  his  leisure  hours.  Jersey  cows,  Southdown  sheep  and  chickens  are  his 
hobbies.  The  Mitchell  farm  house  is  the  famous  Ceylon  building  of  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposition. 

Mr.  Mitchell  belongs  to  the  following  clubs:  Chicago,  Union  League, 
Chicago  Automobile,  University,  Mid-Day,  Lake  Geneva  Country  and 
Lake  Shore  Country.  Office,  Illinois  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  La  Salle 
St.  and  Jackson  Blvd. 

Mr.  Mitchell  married  Mary  Louise  Jewett  of  Bristol,  R.  I.,  Feb.  11,  1890. 
There  are  five  children  in  the  Mitchell  household,  Gwendolyn,  William  H., 
John  J.,  Jr.,  Clarence  B.  and  Louise. 


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JOHN  J.  MITCHELL 


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DUNCAN,  NICHOLAS  W.,  banker,  of  LaSalle,  was  born  In  that  city,  Dec.  11,  1856,  the  son  of  Nicholas  and 
Isabella  (McBoyle)  Duncan.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Niagara  University  of  the  class  of  187S.  and  gubeequeatly  read 
law  for  a  year  until  the  death  of  his  father.  He  then  took  charge  of  the  I'nfon  coal  mines  tintl  conducted  them 
for  fifteen  years.  In  1894  he  organized  the  LaSalle  state  Hunk  and  officiated  as  its  cashier  until  I'lOo.  He  fs  now 
president  of  that  bank  as  well  as  president  of  the  I'tlca  Exchange  Bank  and  of  the  Marquette  Cement  Manu- 
facturing Company.  Mr.  Duncan  has  been  treasurer  of  the  township  schools  of  his  community  since  1H94,  and 
is  a  trustee  of  the  B.  P.  O.  K.;  club,  Union  League  of  Chicago;  office,  LaSalle. 


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OLSON,  ANDREW,  lawyer,  Moline.  was  born  in  Ingrlstorp.  Sweden,  Apr.  27,  1875.  He  is  the  son  of  Nels  and 
Kama  (Mortinson)  Olson.  The  family  came  to  Moline  whsn  he  was  four  years  old.  His  education  was 
received  in  the  Moline  public  schools  and  high  school,  and  the  University  of  Michigan.  He  was  police  magistrate 
In  Moline  from  1902  to  1905,  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city  in  1905  and  retained  the  office  until  1911.  Mr. 
Olson  is  a  member  of  the  Klks,  Red  Men,  Knights  of  Pythias.  Odd  Fellows,  Eagles,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose, 
North  Star,  and  Svithiods;  clubs,  Moliiu1,  Rock  Island;  o.flce,  old  Post  Otflcs  Bid?.,  Moline. 


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MURPHY,   JOHN   BENJAMIN,   surgeon,  Chicago;   b.   Appleton,  \VIs.,   Dec.  21,    1S57;  ed.  Rush   Mod.  Coll., 
hospitals  of  Vienna,  Munich,  Berlin.  Heidelberg  and  London;  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  LL.  I).,  D.  Sc.;  interne  Cook  Co. 


hosp.,  1879-HO;  given  chair  of  surgery.  Rush  Med.  Coll.,  head  of  department  of  surgery,  Northwestern  Med. 
schl.;  prof,  of  surgery  Chicago  Clinical  schl.  and  Postgraduate  Medical  schl.  and  hospital  of  Chicago;  18  years 
attending  surgeon  Cook  Co.  hosp.;  chief  surgeon  Mercy  hosp.,  etc.;  mem.  International  Cong.  Rome  and  Mos- 


cnw.  Surgical  Soc.  of  Paris;  Dmlschc  (Jesselschufi  fur  Chirugie,  Ilcrlin:  pre*!.  Am.  Surgical  Assn.,  Am.  Med. 
Assn.,  etc.;  1902.  received  Laetare  medal  from  Univ.  Xotre  Dame  for  eminence  in  professional  scholarship  and 
in  the  practice  <>r  surgery.  hon.  degree  Dr.  of  Science,  Sheffield,  Eng.;  mem.  C.  A.  A.  and  South  Shore  and  Uni- 
versity clubs:  office,  104  S.  Michigan  Blvd. 


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JDWARI)  MORRIS,  head  of  the  world-known  packing-house 
of  Morris  &  Company,  is  one  of  a  generation  of  Chicago 
business  men  who  are  called  upon  to  retain  for  the  great 
central  market  the  supremacy  by  enlarging  huge  pioneer 
enterprises  and  keeping  them  apace  with  the  amazing  ex- 
tension of  Chicago's  commercial  domain. 

Mr.  Morris  is  the  son  of  Nelson  and  Sarah  (Vogel)  Morris.  He  was 
born  on  Oct.  1,  18(56,  in  Chicago,  where  his  father  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  city's  packing  industry.  He  attended  the  public  schools  until  he 
was  fourteen  years  old,  when  his  father  started  him  at  the  bottom  rung 
of  the  ladder  in  the  Morris  packing-house.  Edward  proved  an  apt  beginner 
and  his  responsibilities  were  increased  as  his  father's  own  age  and  health 
made  it  difficult  for  him  to  give  to  the  Morris  enterprise  the  time  and 
attention  that  had  developed  it  from  a  small  beginning  to  vast  proportions. 

Upon  the  death  of  his  father,  in  1907,  Edward  Morris  became  the  head 
of  the  enterprise  and  at  once  inaugurated  the  policy  of  continuing  along 
the  conservative  lines  that  had  given  it  prestige  in  the  business  and  financial 
worlds. 

He  is  now  president  and  treasurer  of  Morris  &  Company,  and  is  identi- 
fied with  numerous  other  large  corporations  as  officer  or  director.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Chicago,  and  holds  a  similar  position 
with  the  National  Live  Stock  Bank.  He  is  also  a  director  of  Rothschild 
&  Company,  the  big  State  Street  department  store. 

Air.  Morris  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade  and  his  clubs 
are  the  Mid-Day,  the  South  Shore  Country  and  the  Standard.  His 
residence  is  at  4455  Grand  Boulevard  and  his  office  is  at  the  Union  Stock 
Yards. 


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GATES,  PHILETUS  WARREN,  mfr.,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  June 
23.  1857;  s.  Phlletus  \V.  and  Abigail  (Scoville)  Gates;  entered 
hotel  business  1875  as  mgr.  of  Gault  house;  later  proprietor  until 
1887;  supt.  Gates  Iron  works,  1887-1894;  vlce-pres.  until  1901, 
when  business  was  purchased  by  Allis-Chalmers  Co. ;  mgr.  of  Gates 
plant  of  latter  Co.,  3rd  vice-pres.  and  gen.  supt.  of  Allis-Chalmers 
enterprise  until  1904;  1908  became  pres.  Hanna  Engring.  Wks.; 
dlr.  Prairie  State  Bank,  and  Real  Estate  Title  &  Trust  Co.;  vlce- 
pres.  Nat.  Bus.  League;  mem.  Am.  Soc.  Mechanical  Engrs., 
vice-pres.  1906-08:  clubs.  Union  League,  Evanston,  Evanston 
Golf;  residence,  Evanston;  office,  2059  Elston  Ave. 


PORTIS,  M.  MILTON,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Rleevilie,  Can., 
Mar.  25,  1877;  s.  Jacob  C.  and  Jennie  B.  (Vineberg)  Portia;  B.  S. 
Univ.  of  Chicago,  1898;  Rush  Med.  Coll.  1901;  interne  Cook  Co. 
Hosp.  1901-2;  fellow  In  pathology,  Univ.  of  Chicago,  1903;  prof, 
of  medicine,  Post-Grad.  Med.  Schl.,  since  1904;  asst.  prof,  of  medi- 
cine, Rush  Med.  Coll.,  since  1908;  attending  physician  to  Cook 
Co.  and  Washington  Park  hosps.,  consulting  physician  to  Mary 
Thompson  Hosp:  mem.  American  Med.  Assn.,  Chicago  Med.,  Chi- 
cago Pathological  and  Chicago  Neurological  societies:  mem.  Ma- 
sonic order  and  Chicago  Press  Club;  office,  122  South  Michigan  Ave 


FULLER,  MAJ.  L.  M.,  secty.  and  gen.  mgr.  Velie  Motor  Vehicle  Co., 
Moline;  grad.  from  West  Point  Mil.  Acad.  June  12,  1891;  assigned 
to  9th  cav.  and  stationed  at  Fort  Robinson  until  Oct.,  1894,  dur- 
ing which  time  participated  in  the  Powder  river  campaign;  assigned 
to  ordnance  dept.  Oct.,  1894,  after  a  competitive  examination;  first 
assignment  at  Frankfort  arsenal  in  Philadelphia:  in  1898  assigned 
to  station  in  Sandy  Hook  proving  ground:  1S9S  insp.  ordnance  in 
Baltimore:  June,  1899  to  Philippine  Islands;  Sept.,  1899,  to  Rock 
Island  Arsenal.  Office,  Moline. 


TOBIAS,  ARTHUR  WILSON,  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Adrian, 
Mich.,  June  14,  1860;  s.  Charles  Manning  and  Aiigcliiie  (McLouet) 
Tobias:  ed.  Adrian  high  schl.;  traveling  salesman  for  Rand  A  very 
Co.  and  Lawson  Mfg.  Co.  of  Boston  until  1890;  then  engaged  in 
real  estate  business  in  Chi.:  mem.  nrm  McKey  &  Pougue;  dlr. Wood- 
lawn  Trust  &  Savings  bank;  sccty.  Wopdlawn  Safe  Deposit  Co.; 
mem.  Assn.  of  Commerce,  Mich.  Soc.  of  Chi.;  clubs,  I.  A.  C.,  Ridge 
Country;  office.  132  W.  Washington  St. 


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REICHMANN,  ALEXANDER  FREDERICK,  lawyer,  Chicago; 
b.  Dubuque,  la.,  July  23,  1868;  s.  Alexander  and  Theresa  Relch- 
manii;  ed.  public  and  hfgh  schls.  of  la..  Sacred  Heart  Coll.  (Jesuit 
schl.  at  Prairie,  Wis.);  grad.  Univ.  of  Mich.;  in  office  of  Hynes 
&  Dunne  one  year;  mem.  of  firm  of  Argo,  McDuffe  &  Reich- 
mann,  Lemars,  la.,  five  years;  general  trial  atty.  for  Armour  and 
Co..  1897;  1900  became  mem.  of  firm  of  Judah,  Wlllard,  Wolfe 
&  Reichmann;  mem.  Chi.  Bar  Assn.;  clubs,  University,  Iroquols 
(pres.  1912),  Skokle,  Country,  Kenilworth;  Mason;  office,  134  S. 
LaSalle  St. 


KRAMER,  ADOLPH  F.,  of  firm  of  Draper  &  Kramer,  real  estate 
and  mortgage  loans,  Chicago;  b.  Chi.  Oct.  11,  1870;  s.  Ferdinand 
and  Bertha  (Stein)  Kramer;  ed.  Douglas  schl.,  Chi.  Manual 
Training  schl.;  with  Schlesinger  &  Mayer,  18S7-92;  organized 
flrm  Draper  A  Kramer  1892;  repub.;  mem.  Sinai  congregation; 
pres.  Chi.  Realization  Co.;  dir.  Chi.  Real  Estate  Bd.;  Mason; 
mem.  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Bull  Dog  Breeders  Assn.  of  Am.;  club.  Stan- 
dard; office,  25  N.  Dearborn. 


DEVINE.  MILES  J-,  lawyer;  b.  Chicago.  Nov.  11,  1866;  s.  Patrick 
and  Elizabeth  Devlne;  ed.  St.  Francis  Scm..  Bay  View,  Wis.,  Sem. 
of  Our  Lady  of  Angels,  Niagara,  N.  Y.,  Lake  Forest  (III.)  Univ.; 
LL.  B.,  Chicago  Coll.  of  Law,  1890;  adra.  bar  1890:  city  prose- 
cuting atty.  under  Mayors  Harrison  (senior),  Hopkins  and  Swift; 
resigned;  nominated  by  populists  of  15th  sen.  dist.  for  state 
senate,  1893,  but  declined;  nominated  for  cong.,  4th  dist.,  Aug. 
1896,  declined;  city  atty.  Chicago  1897-99;  mem.  Chicago  Bar 
Assn.,  111.  State  Bar  Assn.,  Citizens'  Assn.,  Chicago  Assn.  of  Com- 
merce, I.  A.  C.;  pres.  Cook  County  Democracy,  pres.  Garneld 
Park  Driving  Assn.;  office,  Reaper  Blk. 


HEAD,  FRANKLIN  H.,  banker  and  mfr.  of  iron  and  steel,  Chi- 
cago; b.  Paris,  N.  Y..  Jan.  24,  1832;  s.  Harvey  and  Calista  (Sim- 
mons) Head;  grad.  Hamilton  Coll.,  1856;  practiced  law  Kenosha, 
Wis.,  1858-68;  1868  to  present  time  iron  and  steel  mfr.  and  bank- 
er;  located   In   Chicago    1872;   pres.    Bush  Temple  Conservatory 
since  isyo;  vk-e-prcs.  S.  S.  Hadley  Co.  Bank,  Cedar  Rapids,  la.; 
dfr.  Toledo,  Peoria  and  Western  R.  R.,  Street's  Stable  Car  Line; 
dir.  Chicago  Expn.,  1893;  mem.  Jury  Awards,  Paris  Expn.,  1900; 
Chevalier  Legion  of  Honor,  France,  1901:  trustee,  Newberry  Li- 
brary; pres.  Chicago  Historical  Soc.:    clubs.  Union  League  (twice 
E),  Chicago,  Commercial,    Quadrangle,    Twentieth    Century 
k):  author:    Shakespeare's  Insomnia,  and    Causes    Thereof 
;  A  Xotable  Lawsuit,  1899;  office,  105  W.  Monroe  St. 


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ELDREDGE,  EDGAR,  judge  of  circuit  court  of  13th  judicial  cir- 
cuit. Ottawa;  b.  Peru,  111.,  June  3.  1867;  ed.  Ottawa  high  schl., 
Brown  Univ.,  Harvard  law  schl.;  adm.  to  bar  1890;  appt.  asst.  atty.- 
gen.  111.  1905-7;  elected  judge  circuit  court  1907  to  nil  vacancy; 
re-elected  1909;  repub.;  Mason;  mem.  B.  P.  O.  E.;  clubs,  Hamilton 
(Chicago),  Ottawa  Boat;  address,  Ottawa. 


WINSTON,  B.  M.,  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Apr.  9,  1868;  s. 
Frederick  Hampden  and  Eliza  Gerrard  (Dudley)  Winston;  ed.  Chi. 
schls.;  organized  the  nrm  of  Winston  &  Co.  1890;  pres.  Clark  Sand 
Co.;  clubs.  Saddle  and  Cycle  (pres.),  Mid-Day  (dir.).  South 
Shore  (Treas.),  Union;  office,  1st  Nat.  Bank  Bldg. 


RUSH,  CHARLES  GOETHE,  elec.  engr.  and  contractor,  Chicago; 
b.  Milwaukee.  WIs.,  June  5,  186!t;  s.  (Jeorge  Frederick  Sinister  and 
Theresa  (Host)  Rush;  ed.  pub.  schls.  of  Chi.;  with  Chi.  Telephone 
Co.,  1887-92,  elec.  contractor  1892-1903;  supt.  Baltimore  Co. Water 
&  Electric  Co.,  1903-5,  asst.  elec.  engr.  Sanitary  dist.  of  Chi.  1906- 
7;  mem.  firm  of  C.  G.  Rush  &  Co.,  elec.  contract  inn  rnnrs.  since 
1908;  private  Co.  E,  2d  regt.  U.  S.  Vol.  Engrs.  Spanish-Am.  War; 
Asso.  I nst.  Kiev.  Knsrs. ;  rcpub.;  Mason:  cluhs,  Hamilton,  Klectrir; 
office,  136  W.  Lake  St. 


MERGENTHEIM,  MORTON  ADOLPH,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b. 
Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.,  July  1,  1877;  s.  Alexander  and  Josephine  (Hirsch) 
MergentlH'im;  yrad.  Harvard  schl.,  Chicago,  1S95;  A.  B.,  Univ.  of 
Chi.,  1899;  A.  M.  (ibid),  1'JOO;  LL.  B.,  N.  W.  Univ.  1903;  adm.  to 
III.  bar,  1903;  prof,  of  private  International  law,  John  Marshall 
Law  Schl..  since  1  (toil;  democratic  candidate  for  alder  mun  3rd  ward 
1909;  appt.  chief  asst.  city  atty.  by  Mayor  Harrison,  Apr.,  1911; 
mem.  Chi.  Bar  Assn.,  HI.  State  Bar  Assn.,  Young  Men's  Associ- 
ated Jewish  Charities,  Ind.  Soc.  of  Chi.,  Nat.  Geographic  Soc.; 
club,  Iroquois;  offices,  First  National  Bank  Bldt,'-,  and  t>02  City 
Hall. 


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HOY.  LUMAN  T.,  U.  S.  marshal,  Chicago;  b.  Alden.  111.,  Oct.  28, 
1850;  s.  M.  D.  and  C.  M.  Hoy;  ed.  Woodstock,  III.,  hlghschl.;  be- 
gan drug  business  as  clerk  in  Woodstock  store,  1869;  now  owns  the 
business;  city  treas.  and  alderman  of  Woodstock;  has  beensecty.  111. 
state  bd.  of  pharmacy,  U.  S.  appraiser  of  customs  at  Chicago  and 
U.  S.  marshal  for  northern  dist.  of  III.;  for  18  years  chairman  of 
McHenry  county  repub.  rent,  com.;  residence.  Woodstock,  111.; 
office,  Postofflce  Bldg.,  Chicago. 


ROBERTS,  JESSE  ELMER,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b.  ReiiMselaer.  Ind.. 
Nov.  3,  1865:  s.  Preston  Floyd  and  Louisa  (Keithley)  Roberts: 
ed.  Rensselacr  high  schl.,  Bryant  &  Stratton  Business  Coll.,  Indian- 
apolis; LL.  B.,  Univ.  of  Mich.,  1892;  adm.  to  111.  bar  1892,  and 
since  practiced  in  Chicago;  atty.  for  LaGrange,  111.,  9  consecu- 
tive years:  Summit.  4  years:  Stickney,  S  years;  independent  dem.; 
mem.  Chicago  Bar  Assn.,  III.  State  liar  Assn.,  Mason.  I.  O.  <>.  F.; 
office.  Title  &  Trust  Bide. 


FA1RCHILD,  MEREDITH  H.,  mfr.  of  soup.s.  Chicago;  b.  Flushing, 
L.  I.,  N.  Y..  Nov.  27,  1872;  s.  E.  S.  and  L.  E.  (Leavltt)  Falrchild; 
ed.  pub.  schls.  of  Flushing,  L.  I.,  and  in  Flushing  Inst.  to  1890: 
came  to  Chicago  1H90,  and  established  in  business  as  mfr.  of  laun- 
dry soaps  and  special  cleansing  preparations;  in  1898  was  joined 
by  his  brother  I-;.  L..  forming  the  present  tirm  of  M.  H.  Fairchild 
&  Bro,;  office,  20  W.  Michigan  St. 


ICKES,  HAROLD  L.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Altoona.  Pa.,  Mar.  15, 
1874;  s.  Jesse  B.  W.  and  Martha  (McCune)  Ickes;  A.  B.,  J.  D., 
Univ.  of  Chicago:  resided  in  Chicago  since  1S90:  formerly  reporter 
on  Chicago  Record  and  Chicago  Tribune:  mem.  Phi  Delta  Theta 
and  Phi  Delta  Phi  fraternities;  clubs,  University  and  City;  mem. 
Chicago  and  III.  Bar  assns.;  residence,  Kvanston;  office,  Harris 
Trust  Bldg. 


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RANDALL,  IRVING,  banking  and  mfg.,  Chicago;  b.  St.  Johnsbury, 
Vt.,  June  29,  1883;  s.  Tabor  Pickins  and  Delia  (Chtlds)  Randall; 
ed.  Chicago  Latin  Schl.  and  Yale  Univ.;  1905,  with  Chicago 
Label  &  Box  Co.;  elected  secty.  ol  thecorpn.  1906  and  in  1908,  pres. 
and  treas.  to  fill  offices  made  vacant  by  death  of  father;  also  a  part- 
ner in  banking  and  brokerage  firm  of  Edwin  L.  Lobdell  &  Co.,  since 
1908;  repub,;  clubs.  Union  League,  Exmoor,  Country;  office.  The 
Rookery. 


ZELLER,  GEORGE  ANTHONY,  physician.  Peoria;  b.  1858;  8. 
John  George  and  Friederlcka  (Nicolas)  Zeller;  ed.  pub.  schls., 
Univ.  of  111.,  St.  Louis  Medical  Coll.;  practicing  physician  since 
1879;  supt.  Peoria  State  hosp.  since  1S9S;  capt.  and  asst.  surgeon 
U.  S.  Vol.  Philippine  service,  1899-1902;  repub.;  was  chm.  Peoria 
co.  and  city  central  corns,  for  several  yrs.;  mem.  Am.  Assn.  Mili- 
tary Surgeons,  Am.  Medical  Assn.,  Assn.  for  the  Study  and  Pre- 
vention of  Pellagra;  author  of  numerous  publications  descriptive 
of  the  disease;  clubs,  Peoria  Country,  Creve  Cceur;  office,  Peoria. 


THEARLE,  HARRY  BISHOP,  pres.  Pain  Fireworks  Display  Co., 
Chicago;  s.  Frederick  (ieorge  and  Angelica  (Clear)  Thearle;  ed. 
Knglewood  high  schl.  and  old  Chi.  Univ.;  bookkeeper  and  cashier 
Tor  Am.  Baptist  Hoc.,  Chi.,  1879-85;  1886  went  with  Pain  Fireworks 
Co.,  Chi.,  as  agent;  later  western  manager;  1904,  became  vice 
pres.  and  gen.  manager  in  Xc\v  York;  litll  he  ami  associates  pur- 
chased company  and  organized  the  present  one,  of  which  he  is 
pres.  and  treas.:  mem.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Columbian  Commandery, 
Mecca  Temple  of  the  Shrine,  Consistory  of  X.  V.,  K.  A.  M.;  clubs: 
(In  N.  Y.),  CriM-n  Room,  Friars,  Pleaides;  (in  ( 'hi.),  C.  A.  A.,  I.  A. 
C.,  So.  Shore;  office,  1320  Wabash  Ave. 


DOWNEY.  JOSEPH,  contractor  and  builder,  Chicago;  b.  Kings 
Co.,  Ireland.  April  LM,  l.Sl't;  located  in  Chicago,  1856;  employed 
by  James  McCraw,  builder  and  contractor,  and  later  became  his 
partner;  afterward  with  ninny  largo  building  contractors;  now 
devotes  time  to  own  property;  mem.,  Chicago  Assn.  of  Commerce, 
bd.  of  education,  of  which  is  chairman  bldg.  and  grounds  com.; 
commr.  of  bldgs.  and  commr.  public  works  during  Mayor  Swift's 
administration;  clubs,  Union  League  and  Builders;  office,  30  N. 
LaSalle  St. 


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HEDENBERG,  JAMES  WESLEY,  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Kirk- 
wood,  Mo.,  Sept.  18,  1855;  s.  John  Wesley  and  Isabella  (Challa- 
combe)  Hedenberg;  ed.  Chi.  pub.  schls.,  grad.  Cook  co.  Normal 
schl.,  1875;  elk.  and  traveling  salesman  up  to  1884:  repub.;  mem. 
Chi.  pub.  library  bd.  (appt.  by  Mayor  Swltt),  and  chm.  bldg. 
and  grounds  com.  during  erection  of  present  bldg.;  mem.  and  for- 
mer secty.  Chi.  real  estate  bd.,  pres.  Cook  co.  real  estate  bd.; 
A.  F.  A  A.  M.,  club,  Hamilton;  office.  40  N.  Dearborn  St. 


ALLEN,  JOHN  W.,  bakers'  and  confectioners'  supplies  Chicago; 
b.  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  Sept.  4,  1848;  s.  Almond  A.  and  Lucy  (Powell) 
Allen:  ed.  Olivet  (Mich.)  Coll.;  engaged  as  flour  miller  in  Mich, 
until  1872,  when  came  to  Chi.,  1881  established  flrm  of  J.  W.  Allen, 
bakers'  and  confectioners'  supplies;  admitted  his  son  as  partner 
in  1905;  firm  becoming  J.  W.  Allen  &  Co..  Inc.  1908:  since  been 
pres.:  has  farming  interests;  repub.;  Mason:  mem.  Chi.  Assn.  of 
Commerce,  III.  Mfrs.  Assn.;  office,  110-118  N.  Peoria  St. 


COOLEY.  HARLAN  WARD,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Washington. 
D.  C.,  Jan.  29,  1866:  s.  D.  X.  and  Clara  (Aldrich)  Cooley;  grad. 
Phillips  Acad.,  Andover,  Mass.,  1884;  A.  B.  Yale  Univ.,  1888; 
studied  In  Yale  Law  Srhl.  and  Chicago  Coll.  of  Law;  in  general 
practice  of  law  In  C'hicago  since  1S1MI:  resident  vlce-pres.  and  gen. 
counsel  Am.  Fidelity  Co.;  pres.  Dell  Rapids  (S.  D.)  elevator  Co.: 
mem.  Phillips  Andover  Alumni  Assn.,  Sons  of  American  Revo- 
lution; clubs.  Law.  Yale  of  Chicago,  Hamilton.  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury. University,  Quadrangle;  office.  Insurance  Exchange  Bldg. 


CHAMBERLAIN,  OSCAR  PEARL,  chief  engr.  Chicago  &  III. 
Western  R.  R..  Chicago:  b.  Pittstown.  N.  Y.,  Nov.  26,  1870:  s. 
Alimzu  Bradnerand  Laura  Arceville  rMunsiiii)  Chamberlain:  ed. 
pub  schls.  Auburn,  New  York,  and  Philadelphia:  B.  S.,  1889. 
Scientilto  Schl..  Penna.  Univ.;  rodman,  transltman.  and  asst  engr. 
Pennsylvania  R.  R.  1SS»  19(12:  1902-4  dlv.  engr.  C.  G .  W .  R.  R.: 
asst  ongr.  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  1902.  chief  engr.  Chicago  & 
111  Western  R.  R.  since  1904;  also  chief  engr.  DOUM  &  Bnepard; 
since  June,  1907,  gen.  mgr.  Union  Paving  Co.:  1911  pres.  Western 
Soc.  of  Kngrs:  mem.  American  Ry.  Engring.  Assn..  III.  hoc.  of 
Engrs.  and  Chicago  Engrs.  Club:  residence.  LaGrange;  office,  108 
Su.  LaSulle  St. 


SCHNEPP,  JOHN  S.,  mayor,  Springfleld;  b.  near  Springfield,  Aug. 

•    26,  1866;  B.  Diebold  and  Mary  A.  Schnepp:  ed.  dist.  schls.,  Con- 

"  cordla  Coll.,  Central  Normal  Coll..  Danville,  Ind.   (grad.  1887); 

LL.B..  1890,  Wesleyan   Univ.,  adm.  III.  bar    1890:  practiced   in 

Springfield  since  then;  democrat;  elected  mayor  1909;  re-elected 

under  commission  form  of  government  1911;  author  of  Municipal 

History  of  Springfield;  office,  Springfield. 


LINCOLN,  WALTER  K.f  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Ottawa,  III.,  1876:  s. 
Ex-Judge  Benjamin  F.  Lincoln;  asso.  with  Atty.-Gen.  W.  H.  Stead 
in  law  practice,  Ottawa;  came  to  Chi.  1900,  and  in  gen.  law  prac- 
tice to  date;  acted  as  special  asst.  atty.  gen.  in  inheritance  tax  cases: 
appt.  inheritance  tax  atty.  1909;  dratted  III.  inheritance  tax  law  In 
effect  1909;  mem.  111.  State  and  Chi.  Bar  assns.,  office,  38  S. 
Dearborn. 


GLENNY,  ERNEST  C.  lawyer  and  banker,  Chicago;  b.  New  Or- 
leans. La.,  April  16,  1876:  s.,  William  West  and  Katherine  (Scobee) 
Glenny;  ed.  Univ.  of  Ark.,  Nat.  Normal  Univ.,  Lebanon,  O.; 
LL.  B..  law  dept.  Lake  Forest  Univ..  1904;  LL.  M.,  Chicago-Kent 
Coll.  of  Law,  1908;  adm.  bar,  1904,  and  since  in  practice  in 
Chicago:  chief  deputy  clerk  and  alternate  asst.  to  judge  of  pro- 
bate court,  1906-10;  appt.  secretary  and  trust  officer.  Ft.  Dearborn 
Trust  and  Savings  Bunk.  1912;  mem.  Chicago  Bar  Assn.,  Phi 
Delta  Phi,  Mason,  K.  P.:  clubs,  Hamilton,  Waupanseh:  formerly 
editor  "The  Hamilton,"  official  organ  of  Hamilton  Club;  office, 
76  W.  Monroe  St. 


FORREST.  ALFRED  E.,  vice.  pres.  and  gen.  mgr.  North  Am.  Acci- 
dent Ins.  Co.,  Chicago;  b.  Northumberland  Co.,  Ont.,  Can.,  Apr. 
22,  1863;  s.  Dr.  William  and  Anabella  (White)  Forrest;  ed.  pub. 
and  high  schools:  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  coming  to  Olii- 
cago'ln  1883,  and  embarking  in  the  Insurance  business;  1890  form- 
ed the  North  Am.  Accident  Assn.  as  a  level  premium  mutual  Co., 
there  being  then  no  law  In  111.  under  which  a  stock  accident  Ins.  co. 
could  be  organized:  drafted  and  had  passed  in  1899  the  present 
casualty  Ins.  law  of  the  state,  and  two  months  after  the  law  went 
into  effect  reorganized  co.  as  the  North  Am.  Accident  Ins.  Co..  a 
stock  corporation;  repub.;  pres.  1911  International  Assn.  of  Acci- 
dent Underwriters:  clubs,  C.  A.  A.,  Chicago  Yacht,  South  Shore, 
Kenwood.  Midlothian;  office.  The  Rookery. 


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BURGER,  ALBERT  A.,  pharmacist,  Chicago;  b.  Laupheim,  Ger- 
many, Jan.  1,  1877;  s.  Mathias  and  Anna  (Denzel)  Burger;  ed.  St. 
Joseph's  Coll..  Teutopolis,  1890-2;  Oshkosh  Business  Coll.  1892-3; 
grad.  N.  W.  Univ.  1899;  has  been  pharmacist  since  1893,  and  ID 
drug  business  in  Chi.  since  1901;  appt.  insp.  to  House  or  Correction 
1911;  business  address,  5100  S.  Ashland  Ave. 


PIOTROWSKI,  NICHOLAS  L.,  lawyer  and  city  atty..  Chicago;  b. 
Bnin,  German  Poland,  1863;  ed.  Germany,  St.  Mary's  Coll.,  Ky.. 
Univ.  Notre  Dame,  Univ.  of  Valparaiso.  Ind.;  adm.  to  bar  Ind. 
1888;  began  practice  In  Michigan  City  and  was  appt.  deputy  prose- 
cuting atty.;  later  was  professor  of  physics  and  chemistry  at  St. 
Thomas  Coll.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  came  to  Chi.  1892  and  has  practiced 
here  since:  democrat;  nominee  for  state  treas.  1906:  appt.  to  present 
position  1911;  professor  of  law  at  Loyola  Univ.;  pres.  Chi.  Polish 
Publishing  Co.;  mem.  Chi.  and  111.  State  bar  a?sns.,  Chi.  Lawlnst.. 
Lawyers'  Assn.,  K.  C..  C.  O.  F.;  club:  Iroquois;  office.  City  Hall. 


BUSCH,  FRANCIS  X.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Detroit.  Mich..  May 
9,  1876;  s.  Francis  X.  and  Carrie  (Van  Busklrk)  Busch;  common 
and  high  schl.  education;  grad.  111.  Coll.  of  Law  1901  and  adm.  to 
bar  same  year;  asst.  corporation  counsel  and  atty.  of  Chicago  Civil 
service  comm.  1904-1906;  lecturer  in  111.  Coll.  of  Law;  mem.  of 
Chi.  and  111.  state  bar  assns.;  vice-pres.  Lawyers'  Assn.;  mem.  of 
City  Club,  various  civic  assns.  and  fraternal  socs.;  office,  Otis 
Bldg. 


ZENDER,  HENRY  ADAM,  president  board  of  examining  engrs., 
Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Dec.  11,  1874:  s.  Lawrence  and  Mary  (Rein- 
berg)  Zender;  ed.  pub.  and  high  schls.,  Chi.;  plumber  for  12  yrs. 
with  Kdward  liuk'Kot  and  Robert  H.  ThurrogOOd;  chief  engr. 
Columbus  Brewing  Co.,  1900;  appt.  to  present  position  1911; 
mem.  K.  C.,  C.  O.  O.  F.,  R.  A..  Intermit.  Assn.  Stationary  Engrs.. 
Nat.  Assn.  Stationary  Engrs.;  office,  City  Hall. 


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DOBYNS.  FLETCHER,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Milliards,  O.,  May  24, 
1872;s.Rev.  William  Alexander  and  Ann  Maria  (Kldwell)  Dobyns; 
A.  B.,  Harvard  Univ.,  1898;  law  schl.,  LL.  B..  N.  W.  Univ.;  adm. 
bar  1901;  asst.  state's  atty.  Cook  Co.,  three  years;  asst.  U.  S. 
district  atty.  two  years;  pres.  First  Voters'  Repub.  League,  1900; 
now  chairman  Cook  Co.  Progressive  Republican  League;  has 
spoken  for  repub.  nat.  committee  in  twenty  states;  as  special 
asst.  U.  8.  atty.,  conducted  prosecution  of  John  R.  Walsh;  stroke 
oar  on  Harvard  crew;  won  Wendell  Phillips  oratory  scholarship 
at  Harvard;  clubs.  Univ.,  City;  office.  The  Rookery  Bldg. 


LANDEE,  FRANK  A.,  merchant,  Moline;  b.  Kalmer,  Sweden,  Aug. 
11,  1852;  s.  John  M.  and  Anna  L.  Landee;  ed.  pub.  schls.,  Knox 
co..  111.,  and  business  coll.,  Galesburg,  111.;  employed  by  Western 
Union  Tel.  Co.,  1869  to  1881;  supt.  of  construction,  1881-83;  from 
1883  to  1903  was  In  general  charge  of  the  telegraph  and  electric 
dept.  of  the  Rock  Island  system;  after  1903  on  account  of  health 
located  In  business  in  Moline;  elected  repub.  state  senator,  1906; 
re-elected,  1910;  pres.  Swedish  Rep.  State  League,  1899-1900; 
dir.  Augustana  Coll.  since  1899;  vlce-pres.  Moline  Furniture  Co., 
vlce-pres.  and  treas.  Moline  Stone  Co.;  dir.  Peoples  Trust  and  Sav- 
ings Bk.,  and  State  Savings  Bk.  and  Trust  Co.;  office,  Moline. 


FLETCHER,  ROBERT  V.,  gen.  atty.,  I.  C.  R.  R.,  Chicago;  b. 
Grant  Co.,  Ky.,  Sept.  27,  1869;  s.  John  M.  and  Mary  (Luman) 
Fletcher;  ed.  Spencer  Inst.  (A.  M.);  post  grad.,  Univ.  of  Miss.; 
adm.  bar,  Pontlac,  Miss.,  May,  1899;  removed  to  Jackson.  Miss., 

and  was  successively  asst.  atty.  yen.,  Jan.,  19011,  to  Apr.,  1!K)7;  atty. 
gen.  Apr.,  1907,  to  Nov.,  19(lS;  jud«c  supreme  court  of  Miss.,  Nov., 
1908,  to  May,  1909;  entered  employ  of  I.  C.  R.  R.  In  1909  and  has 
held  office  of  attorney  gen.  since  that  date;  Mason;  mem.  Odd 
Fellows,  K.  P.;  office,  Illinois  Central  Bldg. 


DAVIS,  ABEL,  Cook  county  recorder.  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Dec. 
26,  1874;  s.  Peter  and  Keilc  <HnchstM>rger)  Davis;  ed.  Chicago 
pub.  schls.;  LL.  B.,  N.  W.  Univ.  law  schl.,  1901;  adm.  to  111.  bar, 
1901;  mem.  Gardner,  Stern,  Anderson  &  Davis  until  1904;  Stern, 
Anderson  &  Davis,  since  1910;  mem.  lower  house,  43d  III.  gen. 
assembly,  23d  district,  1902-4;  elected  Cook  Co.  recorder  1904; 
re-elected.  1908;  mem.  Chicago  Plan  Comm.;  maj.  1st  regt.  inf.,  I. 
N.  G.;  Soc.  of  Army  of  Santiago,  Chicago  Real  Estate  Board, 
111.  State  Bar  Assn.,  Chicago  Bar  Assn.;  Mason,  clubs:  Hamil- 
ton, Ravlsloe,  Country;  office.  County  Bldg. 


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OHN  STOCKER  MILLER,  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  the 
Chicago  and  American  bar,  is  the  son  of  John  and  Jane 
(McLeod)  Miller.  He  was  born  at  Louisville,  St.  Lawrence 
county,  New  York,  May  24,  1847,  and  received  the  degree 
of  A.  B.  from  St.  Lawrence  University  at  Canton,  N.  Y., 
in  1869.  He  studied  in  the  law  department  of  the  same  institution  from 
1868  to  1870  and  was  admitted  to  the  New  York  bar  at  Ogdensburg,  in  the 
latter  year. 

Mr.  Miller  was  professor  of  mathematics  at  his  alma  mater  during  1871 
and  1872  and  during  the  two  years  following,  taught  Greek  and  Latin. 
He  moved  to  Chicago  in  1874  and  began  the  practice  of  law  with  George 
Herbert  and  John  H.  S.  Quick,  the  firm,  in  1876,  becoming  Herbert,  Quick 
&  Miller. 

The  firm  became  Quick  &  Miller  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Herbert.  This 
connection  lasted  until  1886,  when  Mr.  Miller  formed  a  partnership  with 
Henry  W.  Leman.  Merritt  Starr  was  admitted  in  1890  and  later  George 
R.  Peck  succeeded  Mr.  Leman,  the  firm  then  being  styled  Peck,  Miller  & 
Starr.  The  firm  is  now  Miller,  Starr,  Packard  &  Peckham. 

Mr.  Miller  was  corporation  counsel  of  the  city  of  Chicago  from  1891 
to  1893  and  argued  in  behalf  of  the  city  the  celebrated  lake  front  case 
against  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  company.  He  was  of  counsel  for  the 
beef  packers  in  the  celebrated  case  which  ended  in  their  acquittal  in  the 
United  States  court  in  Chicago,  1912. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Miller  is  a  republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  following 
clubs:  Union  League,  Chicago,  University,  Wayfarers,  Hamilton,  On- 
wentsia  and  Exmoor.  His  office  is  in  the  First  National  Bank  Bldg. 


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BROOKS,  JAMES  G.  CARTER,  lumber  merchant,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  Aug.  25,  1836,  the 
son  of  William  Hawthorne  and  Sarah  (Carter)  Brooks.  He  was  educated  In  Boston  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
came  to  Chicago,  where  he  entered  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Artemas  Carter.  He  was  later  employed  with  Mears, 
Bates  &  Co.,  of  Oconto,  and  The  Bay  de  Noqult  Co.,  and  remained  there  as  president  until  he  retired  a  few  years 
ago  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  is  descended  from  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Salem,  his  flrst  ancestor  there 
having  assisted  in  the  trying  of  witchcraft  cases.  His  father  was  at  one  time  a  professor  in  Harvard.  Mr. 
Brooks  was  instrumental  in  having  the  statue  of  Lincoln  placed  at  the  entrance  of  Lincoln  Park,  and  was  one  of 
the  commissioners  for  that  purpose.  He  was  married  to  Rose  Hambleton,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel 
I,.  Hambleton  of  Maryland  and  has  two  daughters,  Mrs.  George  J.  Farnsworth  of  Chicago  and  Mrs,  H 
Blaksley  Collins  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Clubs,  Union,  Onwentsia,  C.  A.  A.;  office.  Railway  Exchange  Bldg. 


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CATLIN,  THOMAS  DEAN,  banker  and  capitalist-,  Ottawa,  was  born  in  Clinton,  X.  V.,  March  IL».  ls:«.  the  son 
of  Marcus  and  Philena  f  Hunt)  I>ean.  He  was  educated  at  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  graduating  in  1857,  and  is 
now  a  trustee  of  that  Institution.  He  came  as  a  poor  boy  to  Ottawa  in  1S58,  was  employed  as  clerk  in  the 
freight  office  of  the  C.  &  R.  I.  R.  R.,  afterwards  as  station  agent,  and  in  1863  was  made  secretary  of  the  111.  A 
Miss.  Telegraph  Co.  These  lines  were  leased  to  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co.  in  1867.  but  the  organiza- 
tion is  still  maintained,  and  Mr.  Catlin  is  now  president  and  treasurer.  He  was  made  secretary  and  put  in 
charge  of  the  Ottawa  Glass  Company  in  1868.  The  plant  selling  out  to  the  United  Glass  Company  in  1889, 
he  was  made  president  and  director  and  continued  as  such  for  about  nine  years.  In  1884  he  was  elected  vice- 
president  of  the  National  City  Bank  of  Ottawa,  and  in  1890.  president.  In  is!»2  he  organized  the  State  Bank 
of  Seneca,  and  in  1903  the  First  National  Bank  of  Grand  Ridge,  and  Is  still  president  of  both.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  flrst  board  of  trustees  of  the  Ryburn  Memorial  Hospital  fourteen  years  atro.  and  continues  as  pres- 
ident of  the  board.  Clubs,  Ottawa  Boat,  Deer  Park  Country;  Union  League  and  Hamilton,  Chicago;  address, 
Ottawa. 


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BURNHAM,  CLAUDE  GEORGE,  vice-president,  in  charge  of  traffic,  C.,  B.  Q.  R.  &  R.,  Chicago,  was  bom  in 
England,  June  20,  1879.  His  ancestors  on  both  sides  were  English.  Hi.s  parents  removed  to  America  when  he  was 
a  child  and  settled  in  Canada.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  added 
to  the  foundation  thus  received  his  real  practical  schooling  in  the  railroad  business.  His  first  position  was  as  an 
office  boy  in  the  general  freight  department  of  the  Great  Northern  Railway  at  St.  Paul,  and  from  that  position 
he  served  through  various  capacities.  Feb.,  1903.  he  moved  to  Chicago  and  went  Into  the  service  of  the  C.,  B  &. 
Q.  R.  R.  Co.,  as  assistant  general  agent  in  charge  of  Oriental  traffic.  In  190o  he  became  the  general  agent  of 
the  Great  Northern  Steamship  company,  and  other  companies  allied  with  the  Great  Northern  and  the  Northern 
Pacific  Railway  Co.  Mr.  Burnham  next  became  foreign  traffic  agent  for  the  C.,  B.  &  Q.  Ry.  Co.  at  Chicago  and 
ihfii  assistan!  to  tirst  vice-president.  .Ian..  1!»10.  he  succeeded  Darius  Miller  as  vice-president  in  charge  of 
traffic  of  the  C..  B.  &  Q.  Ry.  Co.  He  is  also  vice-president  of  the  Colorado  Southern  Ry.  Co.;  clubs,  Union 
League,  C.  A.  A.,  Traffic,  North  Shore  Golf,  Kenilworth;  office,  226  W.  Adams  St. 


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OSTHOFF.  OTTO  E.,  vice-president  and  chief  engineer  of  the  H.  M.  Byllesby  Co.,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Cleve- 
land, O.,  Oct.  4, 1874.  At  the  age  of  six  his  parents  removed  to  Delphos,  O.f  where  he  received  a  common  and  high 
school  education.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  entered  Adelbert  College  of  Western  Reserve  University,  Cleveland, 
and  pursued  classical  studies  for  three  years,  then  going  To  the  C'ase  School  of  Applied  Science,  Cleveland. 
Graduating  in  1896  with  the  degree  of  B.  S..  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Willurd  Storage  Battery  Co.,  at  the 
same  time  pursuing  post-graduate  studies  at  Case,  receiving  in  1897  the  degree  of  E.  E.  In  1902  he  became 
associated  with  H.  M.  Byllesby,  of  Chicago,  and  when  H.  M.  Byllesby  &  Co.  was  organized,  was  made  vice- 
president,  director  and  chief  engineer  of  that  company,  and  has  remained  there  since.  In  addition  he  Is  vice- 
president  of  the  Appalachian  Power  Company,  and  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Interstate  Light  &  Power 
Co.,  Galena,  111.,  Northern  Idaho  &  Montana  Power  Co.,  director  of  the  Tacoma  (Wash.)  Gas  Co.,  Ft.  Smith 
'Ark.)  Light  &  Traction  Co.,  Bitter  Root  Mountain  Water  Co.,  and  an  official  and  director  of  the  Chicago 
Securities  Corporation.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Western  Society  of  Engineers,  American  Water  Works  Associa- 
tion. American  Gas  Institute,  American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science,  Sigma  Xi,  and  others;  clubs, 
Chicago.  Union  League,  University,  Lawyers'  (New  York),  Arlington  (Portland,  Ore.);  office.  Insurance  Ex- 
change Bldg. 


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SCHUYLER,  DANIEL  J.,  JR.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Sept.  28,  1874;  s.  Daniel  J.  and  Mary  (Byford) 
Schuyler-  ed  Harvard  preparatory  schl;  LL.  B.,  Northwestern  Univ.  schl.  of  law,  18!)0;  admitted  to  111,  bar, 
1896;  mem.  firm  of  Schuyler,  Kttelson  &  Weinfeld;  dir.  Colonial  Trust  &  Savings  Bank;  vlce-pres.  Michigan 
Av.  Trust  Co.;  repub.;  mem.  Phi  Delta  Phi;  clubs.  Union  League,  University;  office,  N.  Y.  Life  Bldg. 


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RAYMER,  WALTER  J.,  Chicago  western  sales  manager  of  the  American  Pin  Co.,  of  Waterbury,  Conn.,  wa-s 
born  at  Woodstock,  Ontario,  Canada,  June  21,  1864.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  May,  1881,  and  at  once  entered 
into  commercial  business,  occupying  his  present  position  since  1890.  He  was  elected  to  the  city  council.  1898, 
and  between  that  year  and  1906  represented  the  loth,  and  later  the  28th.  ward  as  alderman.  A  republican. 
he  was  appointed  by  Mayor  Busse  as  head  of  the  department  or  supplies  in  May,  1907,  resigning  this  post  to 
become  commissioner  of  track  elevation  in  December  of  the  same  year.  This  position  he  also  resigned  in  1911. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  League,  Knights  of  Columbus,  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  United  Commercial 
Travelers,  and  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  vice-president  and  one  of  the  directors  of  the  North- 
western Trust  A  Savings  Bank,  and  vice-president  of  the  Charles  Herendeen  Milling  Co.;  clubs,  I.  A.  C.  and 
Mid-day;  office.  Republic  Bldg. 


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HURBURGH,  CHARLES  F.,  of  Galesburg.  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  senate.  He  was  born  of  Swedish  parentage 
Jan.  10,  1872.  A  year  later  the  family  settled  near  Altona,  111.,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  He  graduated 
from  Knox  College,  and  became  a  school  teacher  for  a  time,  being  engaged  in  this  work  in  Douglas  and  Maquon 
In  his  home  county.  At  the  end  of  a  five  years'  term  as  principal  in  Maquon  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Knox 
county.  Following  upon  this  he  was  elected  to  the  Illinois  senate,  where  he  was  the  father  of  the  two-cent  fare 
law  in  Illinois.  For  the  past  two  years  he  has  been  chairman  of  the  senate  appropriations  committee.  In 
1912  he  was  candidate  for  the  republican  nomination  for  governor;  address,  Galesburg. 


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PAUL,  JOHN  C.,  manufacturer  of  metal  polishes,  Chicago;  b.  Ger- 
many, June  16,  1854;  s.  Theodore  and  Johanna  (Tesnow)  Paul; 
ed.  pub.  scbls.  Germany;  came  to  Am.  1S71;  started  in  present  busi- 
ness 1887;  inventor  or  Burnlshlne  1887;  mem.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K. 
P.,  and  other  socs.;  club,  I.  A.  C.;  office,  160  N.  Fifth  Ave. 


ROONEY,  J.  J.,  judge  of  municipal  court,  Chicago;  b.  Chi.;  s.  John 
and  Ellen  (Butler)  Rooney;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Chi.;  firm  of  Kretzinger, 
Rooney  A  Kretzinger;  was  trial  atty.  for  Grand  Trunk  Ry.  system 
for  6  yrs.;  was  city  atty.  for  South  Town  for  5  consecutive  terms; 
mem.  Chi.  Bar  Assn.,  K.  C.;  club.  I.  A.  C.;  office,  919  Monadnock 
Bldg. 


MELICAN,  WILLIAM  FRANCIS,  machinist  and  second  vice-pres. 
bd.  of  examining  engrs.,  Chicago;  b.  Aug.  31,  1861;  s.  Martin  and 
Margaret  (O'Shea)  Mellcan;  ed.  Franklin  schl.,  Chi.;  office  boy 
for  I.  C.  R.  R.,  apprentice  machinist  in  I.  C.  shops;  machinist 
for  Penn.  Ry.  Co.,  I.  C.  R.  R.,  and  city  of  Chicago.  1SS9-1911; 
organized  first  machinist  union  in  Chf.,  1889;  now  pres.  Local  265 
Internat.  Assn.  of  Machinists;  mem.  C.  O.  O.  F.,  K.  C. ;  office.  City 
Hall. 


FISHER,  HARRY  M.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Russia,  Jan.  1,  1882; 
s.  Moses  and  Anna  F.  (Kaufman)  Fisher;  ed.  pub.  schl.  Chicago, 
Chicago-Kent  Coll.  of  Law,  LL.  B.;  newsboy,  1893-97;  clerk  In 
store,  1897-98;  cap  maker,  1898-1902;  law  clerk,.  1902-1904; 
admitted  to  practice,  Oct.,  1904;  pres.  Lawndale  Club;  pres. 
Juvenile  Protective  League,  1st  dist.;  pres.  Maimonides  Kosher 
Hosp.;  mem.  Chicago  Bar.  Assn.,  Lawyers'  Assn.,  Odd  Fellows, 
K.  P.,  Lawndale  Club;  nominated  for  municipal  court  judge  on 
dem.  ticket  1912;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


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CARDWELL,  JAMES  ROBERT,  pres.  Union  Draft  Gear  Co., 
Chicago;  b.  Concord,  Va.,  Oct.  27,  1873;  s.  Charles  Wesley  and 
Dolly  Ming  'Franklin:  Card  well;  grad.  manual  training  schl., 
Washington  Univ.,  St.  Louis,  1893;  employed  Amer.  Cotton  Oil 
Co.,  1893-1905;  organized  Cardwel)  Mfg.  Co.,  Apr.,  1905,  and  has 
been  Its  pres.  since;  also  pres.  and  dir.  Union  Draft  Gear  Co.; 
guarantor.  Northwestern  Univ.;  clubs,  Union  League,  City,  Edge- 
water  Golf,  Western  Railway;  office,  Monadnock  Blk. 


BLANDING.  LOWRIE  CHURCH,  asst.  secty.  Moline  Plow  Co., 
Mollne:  b.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Mar.  12,  1865;  s.  Virgil  M.  and  Anna 
(McNeil)  Blandlng;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Rock  Island;  Augustana  Coll., 
1882;  State  Univ.  la.  1885;  adm.  bar  1888;  cashier  for  Rock  Island 
Plow  Co.  3  yrs.;  Nat.  Bank  Examiner  in  la.;  asst.  secty.  Moline 
Plow  Co.  10  yrs.;  dir.  and  mem.  executive  com.  State  Savings  Bank 
&  Trust  Co.;  dir.  Moline  Plow  Co.,  Mandt  Wagon  Co.,  Hanney 
Buggy  Co.;  Mason;  Modern  Woodman;  mem.  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Red 
Men;  clubs,  Moline,  Rock  Island;  office,  Moline. 


LEININGER,  GEORGE,  physician  and  surgeon,  Chicago;  b.  Wau- 
seon,  O.,  May  2,  1856;  s.  John  and  Mary  (Bender)  Leininger;  ed. 
pub.  school;  grad.  University  of  Wooster  med.  dept.  1881;  prac- 
ticed medicine  and  surgery  in  Red  Wing,  Minn.,  from  April,  1881, 
to  Aug.,  1886;  moved  to  Chicago  and  continued  profession  to  date; 
dem.;  west  town  collector,  1897:  supervisor.  1898;  aid.  16th  ward 
1901-3;  office,  1856  W.  North  Ave. 


SETHNESS,  CHARLES  OLENUS.  chemist.  Chicago:  b.  Norway, 
Aug  5,  1860:  s.  Canut  and  Rodahl  Sethness;  ed.  Norway  and  Chi. 
pub.  schls.;  began  in  drug  business  1884;  sold  out  1888  and  started 
in  chemical  and  extract  business,  in  which  has  since  continued;  pres. 
Sethness  Co.;  mem.  bd.  of  edn.  2  terms;  clubs.  Press,  I.  A.  C.; 
office,  7 18  N.  Curtis  St. 


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ANDERSON,  BENJAMIN  W.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Sidney,  O.,  Jan. 
21,  1857;  s.  George  Crawford  and  Ruth  (Maxwell)  Anderson;  ed. 
Sidney  high  schl.,  Univ.  of  Wooster,  O.,  M.  A.  1883;  practiced  law 
first  in  Kankakee  Co.,  then  Chi.;  ind.  nominee  for  municipal  judge 
1906;  dem.  candidate  for  municipal  Judge  1912;  mem.  Phi  Delta 
Theta;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


RICHERT,  JOHN  A.,  real  estate  and  insurance  broker,  Chicago; 
b.  Chi.,  Nov.  28,  1869;  ed.  St.  Peter's  parochial  schl.,  bus.  coll.; 
studied  4  yrs.  in  Strassburg,  Germany;  was  bookkeeper  in  bank 
1888-97;  since  that  date  In  real  estate  and  insurance,  and  secty. 
Halsted  St.  Safe  Deposit  Co.;  has  been  mem.  city  council  8  yrs.: 
re-elected  1912;  Is  chairman  com.  on  finance;  mem,  K.  C.,  Catholic 
Foresters,  N.  A.  U.,  R.  A.;  office,  2603  S.  Halsted  St. 


FUNKHOUSER,  M.  L.  C.,  underwriter.  Chicago;  b.  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
Jan.  17,  1864;  s.  Robert  Monroe  and  Sarah  Johnson  (Selmes)  Funk- 
houser;  ed.  St.  Louis  pub.  schl..  1872-1 SNO;  1SS1  began  active  busi- 
ness in  St.  Louis  and  afterward  for  a  short  time  in  New  Orleans; 
came  to  Chicago,  1884.  entering  local  insurance  business;  1st  lieut. 
Chi.  Hussars,  1889-94;  capt.  Chi.  City  Troop,  afterward  Troop  C, 
1st  Cav.,  N.G.,  1894-8;  1898  capt.  1st  inf.  U.  S.  vols.  commanding 
Co.  K;  during  war  with  Spain  was  promoted  to  acting  asst.  ad- 
jutant-Ken., 1st  brigade.  3rd  division  5th  army  corps;  capt.  1st  Inf. 
I.  N.  G.,  commanding  Co.  K,  18!iO-l!>00;  1900-1901  major  1st  inf. 
I.  N.  G.;  ex-pres.  III.  branch  Soc.  of  the  Army  of  Santiago  de  Cuba; 
treas.  III.  Commandery  Military  Order  of  Foreign  Wars  of  the 
U.  S.;  Mason,  B.  P.  O.  E.;  clubs,  Chi.,  Union  League,  C.  A.  A., 
J.  A.  C.,  Press:  office,  175  W.  Jackson  Blvd. 


SHNABLE,  EMILE  R.,  gen.  contractor,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Jan. 
14,  1856;  s.  John  Jacob  and  Barbara  (Siywalt)  Shnable;  ed.  pub. 
grammar  and  high  schls.  Chicago,  and  Cornell  Univ.;  civil  engr. 
on  railway  location  and  construction,  1881-92;  div.  engr.  Chi- 
cago drainage  canal,  1892-98;  special  partner  firm  of  Gahan  <t 
Byrne,  constructing  drainage  canal  through  Joliet,  111.,  1898- 
1900;  mem.  firm  of  Page  &  Shnahlr,  l'H)0-8;  senior  mem.  Shnable 
&  Quinn  since  1908,  constructing  irrigation  works  and  Chicago 
drainage  canal;  joint  patentee  of  a  bascule  bridge  and  inventor 
of  a  drag-line  excavating  bucket;  mem.  Western  Soc.  of  Kngrs., 
Cornell  Univ.  Alum.  Assn.,  Zeta  Psi  fraternity.  Royal  League 
and  Press  Club:  office.  Stock  Exchange  Bldg. 


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GOODNOW,  CHARLES  NEWELL,  judge  of  municipal  court. 
Chicago;  b.  Salem,  111.,  Aug.  24,  1864;  s.  Henry  Clinton  and  Mar- 
garet F.  (Newell)  Goodnow;  ed.  Christian  Brothers'  Coll.,  St.  Louis; 
adm.  to  bar  1887;  moved  to  Chicago  1889;  1899-1901  mem.  111. 
legislature;  1906  elected  on  repub.  ticket  judge  of  municipal  court; 
re-elected  Tor  6-year  term  1908;  opened  branch  "Court  of  Domestic 
Relations"  Apr.  3,  1911;  Mason;  mem.  Knights  of  the  Maccabees; 
office,  City  Hall. 


KENNEDY,  ARCHIE  GOODWILLIE,  lawyer,  DeKalb;  b.  Mid- 
way, Pa.,  Aug.  24,  1866;  s.  David  Stewart  and  Nancy  W.  (Kelly) 
Kennedy;  ed.  high  schl.  Sandwich,  111.,  State  Normal  schl.,  Normal, 
111.;  B.  S.,  Monmouth  Coll.  1892;  LL.  B..  Chi.  Law  Schl.  1899;  lo- 
cated at  DeKalb  1892;  adm.  111.  bar  1894,  and  has  practiced  at 
DeKalb  continuously;  repub.;  state's  atty.  DeKalb  Co.  1900-4; 
now  judge  of  ct.  of  claims  of  111.,  appt.  by  Gov.  Deneen  1910;  club; 
Hamilton,  Chi.;  office,  DeKalb. 


KUFLEWSKI,  WLADYSLAW  AUGUSTYN,  physician  and 
surgeon,  Chicago;  b.  Poland  May  26,  1870.  s.  Augustyn  and 
Salomea  (Kalaciuska)  Kufle-wski;  came  to  U.  S.  1886;  ed.  private 
schl.,  Znin,  pub.  schls.  Chi.,  Chi.  Coll.  of  Pharmacy,  Coll.  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  grad.  Un!v.  of  111.  1894;  surgeon  and 
1st  lieut.  2nd  infty.,  I.  N.  G.,  1899;  mem.  Chi.  Pub.  Library  1898, 
vice  pres.  1899;  mem.  bd.  of  edn.  1901-5,  vice  pres.  1905;  attend- 
ing surgeon  Cook  Co.  hosp.  1899-1903,  of  St.  Mary's  of  Nazareth 
now;  professor  of  surgery  Chi.  Clinical  schl.  1898-1908;  mem.  Am. 
and  111.  Med.  assns.,  Chi.  Med.  Soc.,  and  Chi.  Polish  Med.  Soc.; 
author  of  medical  and  political  economy  pamphlets  and  articles; 
club,  C.  A.  A.;  office,  1366  N.  Robey  St. 


HART,  E.  ORRIS,  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Crystal  Lake,  111.,  Mar. 
29,  1866;  s.  Edwin  R.  F.  and  Margaret  E.  (Kull)  Hart;  ed.  Chi- 
cago pub.  grammar  and  high  schls.  and  Bryant  &  Stratton  Bus. 
Coll.;  with  E.  W.  Zander  &  Co..  real  estate,  18X5-9;  mgr.  Turner 
&  Bond  1889-92;  mgr.  W.  A.  Bond  &  Co.,  real  estate.  1892-1900; 
in  same  business  for  self  1900;  mem.  tirm  of  E.  W.  Zander  &  Co. 
1901-8;  since,  prop.  K.  Orri.s  Hart  &  Co.;  trustee  Village  of  West- 
ern Springs;  1907  appt.  mem.  Chicago  Bd.  of  Local  Improvements; 
mem.  Chicago  R,  E.  Bd.,  Chicago  Assn.  of  Commerce,  Bd.  of 
Underwriters,  Chicago  Building  Mgrs.  Assn..  Chicago  Baptist 
Social  Union,  Chicago  Baptist  Executive  Council,  Royal  League, 
Xat.  Union;  clubs.  Union  League,  Hamilton,  Evanston:  res., 
Evanston;  office,  30  N.  Dearborn  St. 


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MORTON,  HORACE  JUDSON,  mfr.  of  lumber  dryers,  Chicago1 
b.  S.  Paris,  Me.,  Apr.  10,  1838;  s.  Richard  and  Hannah  C.  (Perry) 
Morton;  ed.  Oxford  Normal  Inst.,  S.  Paris;  mechanical  engr.  1865- 
82:  built  several  flouring  and  paper  mills  at  S.  Paris.  Norway,  and 
Camden,  Me.;  since  1SS2  has  been  In  present  lumber  dryer  business, 
of  which  he  is  the  originator;  Mason,  K.  P.;  mem.  Chi.  Assn.  of 
Commerce;  office.  20  W.  Jackson  Blvd. 


HERON,  JOHN,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  near  Arlington  Heights,  Cook 
Co.,  111.,  Mar.  6,  1864;  moved  to  Wis.  1865;  attended  Kvansvllle. 
WIs.,  pub.  and  high  schls.  until  1883;  followed  various  vocations; 
1  year  In  machine  shop  and  foundry,  1  year  lathing  contractor,  1 
year  freight  dept.  C.  &  N.  W.  Ry.,  Chi.;  10  years  a  letter  carrier 
Chi.;  practiced  law  since  1S93;  mem.  S.  Side  Business  Men's  Assn., 
Juvenile  Protective  League,  K.  C.,  C.  O.  F.;  club,  Irish  Fellow- 
ship; office,  Ashland  Blk. 


CANNON,  JOHN  CORNELIUS,  gen.  mgr.  Cregier  Signal  Co., 
Chicago;  b.,  Chicago,  Sept.  11,  1863;  s.  Cornelius  and  Ellen 
(Dooner)  Cannon;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Chicago;  grad.  at  14:  entered 
employ  of  Western  Electric  Co.  1877;  promoted  at  different  peri- 
ods until,  at  time  of  leaving  that  company.  May  18,  1903,  was  in 
city  trade;  with  Western  Klectric  Co.,  26  years;  mgr.  Consoli- 
dated Fire  Alarm  Co.,  1903-06;  gen.  mgr.  Cregier  Signal  Co. 
since  1906;  repub.  aid.  26th  ward,  1897-99;  chm.  bd.  of  election 
commrs.,  1906-9;  rhief  clerk,  same,  1909-10;  appt.  supt.  of  em- 
ployment Lincoln  Park,  July  11,  1911;  nominated  on  republican 
ticket  at  April  primary,  1912  for  recorder  of  Cook  Co.:  mem.  Irish 
Fellowship  Club;  office,  30  X.  La  Salle  St. 


PFAELZER,  DAVID  M.,  clothing  mfr..  Chicago;  b.  Laudenbach, 
Baden,  Germany,  Nov.  23,  1853;  ed.  pub.  schl.,  grad.  1868  Real 
Gymnasium,  Weinhelm,  Baden;  was  elk.  in  bank  at  Mannheim  2 
yrs.;  then  rame  to  Chi.  and  worked  in  wholesale  clothing  house 
1871-1876;  conducted  retail  clothing  store,  Bloomfteid,  la.,  1S76- 
87;  returned  to  Chi.  and  engaged  in  present  business,  firm  name 
now  David  M.  Pfaelzer  &  Co.;  mem.  board  of  education;  Jewish 
Agricultural  AldSoc.,  Deutsche  Gesellschaft,  Chi.  Winfield  Tuber- 
culosis Sanitarium  (treas.),  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  P.;  clubs.  Standard. 
Iroquols,  Idlewild:  dem.  nominee  for  assessor,  1912;  office,  Frank- 
lin and  Van  Buren  Sts. 


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WYSONG,  OTA  B.,  treas.  Vermilion  Co.  and  cashier  First  Bank. 
Ftthian,  III.;  b.  Mansneld,  111.,  July  17,  1875;  a.  Andrew  Jackson 
and  Lavina  (Hilligoss)  Wysong;  ed.  Manstleld  and  Valparaiso,  Ind.; 
asst.  cashier  Commercial  Bank,  Mansfield,  1893-5;  cashier  1st 
Bank,  Fithlan,  1895  to  date;  chm.  auditing  com.  bd.  of  dirs.  Peoria 
Life  Insurance  Co.;  repub.;  elected  mayor  of  Fithian  1900-1;  treas. 
Vermilion  Co.  1910;  mera.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  P.,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  I. 
O.  O.  F.,  M.  \V.  A.,  R.  A.;  club,  I.  A.  O.;  office,  Fithlan,  and  Court 
House,  Danville. 


ROSENFELD.   EDWARD   I.,   pres..   Fiduciary   Securities   Co.;   b. 

St.  Louis.  Mo.,  Jan.  27,  1859;  s.  Isaac  and  Eliza  Ellen  (Powers) 
Rosenfeld;  ed.,  Seton  Hall  (N.  J.)  Coll.;  connected  with  Gen.  Gran- 
ville  M.  Dodge  in  construction  of  Colorado,  Southern  and  Denver 
R.  R.  and  Denver,  Rio  Grande  &  Santa  Fe  R.  R.;  also  in  building 
of  ir 
mem. 


.      .  ,  .      . 

irrigation  .systems;  engaged  in  financial  enterprises  since  1896; 
em.  Repub.  Club,  New  York;  office,  Tacoma  Bldg. 


EBERHART,  NOBLE  MURRAY,  physician  and  author,  Chicago; 
b.  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.,  Apr.  21,  1870;  s.  Isa  A.  and  Melissa 
(Jacobs)  Kberhart ;  ed.  Univ.  of  111.,  Lombard  Univ.,  Racine  Coll. 
(B.  S.),  Hedding  Coll.  (M.  S.),  Univ.  of  Chicago,  Bennett  Med. 
Coll.  (M.  D.),  Coll.  of  P.  AS.  (M.D.);  honorary  A.  M. and  Ph.  D., 
Valparaiso  Univ.;  head  of  dept.  of  physiologic  therapeutics,  med. 
dept.  Loyola  Univ.;  club.  Press;  mem.  Chicago  Med.  Soc.,  III. 
and  Am.  Med.  assns.,  Victoria  Inst.  of  Great  Britain;  Fellow 
A  in.  Arad.  of  Medicine.  Am.  Kloctro-Therapeutic  Assn.,  etc.: 
Mason;  office,  Chicago  Savings  Bank  Bldg. 


BARDONSKI.  VICTOR,  druggist.  Chicago;  b.  Wiele,  Poland-Ger- 
many, Dec.  23,  1852;  s.  John  and  Agnizka  (Mroz)  Bardonski;  ed. 
common  schls.  of  Poland-Germany  and  in  Chicago;  grad.  Chicago 
Coll.  of  Pharmacy,  Jan.  22.  1873;  entered  drug  business  in  Chi- 
cago in  1882  and  has  continued  it  since  then;  mem.  Catholic  Order 
of  Foresters  and  Polish  Nat.  Alliance;  oltlce  and  residence,  I'Joli 
Noble  9t. 


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LUCEY,  TIMOTHY,  dry  goods  merchant.  LaSalle;  b.  Ireland, 
Feb.  8,  1852;  s.  John  and  Johanna  (Doud)  Lucey:  att.  Brothers 
schl.,  Ireland;  came  to  U.  S.  when  12  yrs.  old,  settled  In  Ottawa, 
111.  att.  pub.  schl.,  and  began  business;  moved  to  LaSalle  1880  and 
formed  partnership  with  B.  B.  Thelss,  under  name  Lucey  &  Thelss; 
sold  out  to  Thelss  1886  and  started  as  T.  Lucey:  started  business 
In  Ottawa  1898,  under  name  T.  Lucey  &  Bros.,  ex-pres.  and  now 
mem.  exec.  com.  LaSalle  Improvement  Assn.;  mem.  LaSalle  schl. 
bd.  21  years;  mem.  B.  P.  O.  E..  K.  C.,  R.  A.,  (regent  3  times);  mem. 
I.  N.  G.,  1887-80;  office.  LaSalle 


TWIGG.  CHARLES,  mechanic  and  alderman;  Chicago:  b.  Derby, 
England,  Mar.  3,  1855;  s.  Charles  and  Harriet  (Cox)  Twlgg;  ed. 
Mass.  pub.  schls.  and  private  instruction;  democrat;  alderman  of 
28th  ward;  chairman  council  finance  committee;  mem.  Columbian 
Knights  (pres.  Jefferson  Lodge  5  yrs.);  address,  2518  Pleasant  PI. 


POWERS,  MILLARD  R.,  lawyer.  Chicago:  b.  McDonough  Co.. 
III.,  Oct.  15,  1849;  educated  pub.  schls.  Macomb  high  schl.,  and 
Quincy  (III)  Coll;  principal  acad..  Hannibal,  Mo.,  three  years 
and  with  brother,  Orville  M.  Powers,  established  Metropolitan 
Business  Coll.,  Chicago,  1873;  admitted  to  bar  by  supreme  court 
of  III.  in  June,  1876,  and  to  U.  S.  circuit  and  district  courts  in  April, 
1883;  in  December,  1886.  he  was  admitted  and  qualified  as  atty.  of 
supreme  court  of  U.  S.:  prepared  original  draft  for  "act  for  hold- 
ing and  regulating  primary  elections":  in  campaign  of  1896  con- 
ducted schls.  of  instruction  for  repub.  speakers  upon  money  ques- 
tion; office,  Borland  Bldg. 


WILLIAMS.  JOHN  CHARLES,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  Lime  Springs. 
la..  May  8,  1873;  s.,  Owen  E.  and  Ann  (Thomas)  Williams;  grad. 
Aberdeen  (S.  D.)  high  schl.  1891;  LL.  B.  1894,  Lake  Forest  Univ.: 
in  Aberdeen  bank,  1891-2;  adm.  III.  bar,  1894:  partner  of  firm 
Walker  &  Williams,  May  1.  1904;  asst.  atty.  Sanitary  district, 
Mur.,  1906;  atty.  of  the  board,  July,  1907;  repub.  mem.  legisla- 
ture. Sixth  dist.,  1905:  mem.  Masonic  Order.  Shriners,  Order  of 
True  Ivorites,  Royal  Arcanum.  Chicago  and  111.  Bar  Assns.:  clubs, 
Evanston,  Univ.  of  Evanston,  Hamilton,  Law;  residence,  Evanston: 
office,  American  Trust  Bldg. 


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EASTMAN,  FRANCIS  AMBROSE,  city  statistician,  Chicago;  b. 
Littleton,  N.  H.,  1826;  s.  Stephen  and  Lavlnia  H.  (Giles)  Eastman; 
ed.  Haverhill  (N.  H.)  Acad.,  Newberry  (Vt.)  Sem.;  edt.  Milwaukee 
Daily  News,  1857;  associate  edt.  Chicago  Times,  1858-9;  1861-62 
associate  edt.  and  part  owner  Chicago  Morning  Post,  and  !n  later 
years  served  in  various  editorial  capacities  on  other  Chicago  news- 
papers; mem.  111.  legislature  and  Chicago  bd.  of  edn.;  during  Civil 
War  served  as  col.  in  confidential  duty  at  front;  1869-73  post- 
master of  Chicago;  appt.  city  statistician  by  Mayor  Busse;  office, 
City  Hall. 


HENSON,  JAMES  ATLAS,  lawyer,  Dccatur.  111.;  b.  Shelby  Co., 
III.,  April  25,  1875;  s.  James  and  Julia  (Keene)  Henson;  ed.  public 
schls.  Decatur,  111.;  grad.  James  Milliken  Univ.  1904,  Wesleyan 
Univ.  1906:  admitted  to  bar  1907;  law  firm  of  Henson  &  Griffin, 
now  Henson  &  Redmond;  state's  atty.  and  asst.  state's  atty. 
Shelby  co.;  asst.  supervisor,  1898;  resigned  in  1904;  elected  to 
state  senate  1904  and  still  holds  seat;  mem.  Modern  Woodmen, 
M.  P.  L.,  and  Order  of  Eagles;  club,  Deratur;  office,  Decatur,  111. 


HALLAM,  WIRT  WILLARD,  lumber  dealer,  Chicago;  b.  Indian- 
ola,  la.,  Dec.  23,  1866;  s.  Thomas  Williamson  and  Mary  Margaret 
(Shepard)  Hullam;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Indianola  and  classical  sclil.. 
Indianapolis,  Ind.;  lumber  mfr.,  wholesale  dealer  in  Georgia.  1891- 
1906;  mem.  Chicago  Vice  Comm.;  dir.  Cherokee  Club,  Macon, 
Ga.;  dir.  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Macon,  and  helped  establish  Georgia 
Industrial  Schl.;  charter  dir.  Chicago.  Soc.  of  Social  Hygiene; 
mem.  Am.  Federation  of  Sex  Hygiene;  chin.  Educational  Com. 
and  mem.  exec.  com.  111.  Vigilance  Assn.;  office,  127  N.  Dear- 
born St. 


WHITE.  A.  J.,  grain  comm.  merchant,  Chicago;  b.  Palatine,  111., 
April  16,  1862;  s.  John  M.  and  Sarah  (Higgins)  White;  ed.  Chi- 
cago pub.  schls.;  entered  grain  comm.  business  with  G.  P.  Corn- 
stock;  1884  established  firm  of  A.  J.  White  &  Co.,  in  same  trade; 
mem.  Chicago  Bd.  of  Trade  and  Chicago  Stock  Exchange;  clubs, 
C.  A.  A.,  South  Shore,  Exmoor,  Country,  and  SuiiKimois  Fishing 
and  Hunting;  office,  Bd.  of  Trade  Bldg. 


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REDERIC  W.  UPHAM,  coal  and  lumber  merchant  of 
Chicago,  was  born  at  Racine,  Wis.,  Jan.  29,  1861,  the  son  of 
Calvin  H.  and  Amanda  E.  (Gibbs)  Upham.  He  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  from  Ripon  College  in  Wisconsin 
and  was  employed  from  1880  to  1894  with  the  Upham  Manu- 
facturing Company  of  Marshfield,  Wis.,  of  which  his  uncle,  William  H. 
Upham,  was  president.  He  moved  to  Chicago  in  1894  and  entered  the 
lumber  business.  He  is  the  principal  owner  of  the  Upham  &  Agler  Lumber 
Company,  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  Midland  Railway,  president  of 
the  City  Fuel  Company,  president  of  the  Peabody  Coal  Company,  presi- 
dent of  the  Simplex  Metal  Bound  Box  Syndicate  and  director  of  the 
Knickerbocker  Ice  Company,  of  the  Calumet  Insurance  Company,  of  the 
Western  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  of  the  Single  Service  Corporation  of  Amer- 
ica, of  the  Security  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  a  trustee  of  Ripon  College. 
He  was  formerly  president  and  is  now  a  director  of  the  Illinois  Manu- 
facturers' Association.  The  chairmanship  of  the  executive  committee 
of  the  National  Business  League  of  America  is  one  of  Mr.  Upham's  official 
positions. 

Mr.  Upham  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  republican  politics.  He  was 
elected  alderman  from  the  old  Twenty-second  ward  in  1898  and  resigned 
when  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Cook  county  board  of  review.  He 
has  held  the  latter  office  by  re-election  since  Jan.  1, 1899.  He  was  a  delegate 
to  the  republican  national  convention  of  1892,  was  vice-chairman  of  the 
committee  on  arrangements  for  the  republican  national  convention  of  1904, 
was  chairman  of  the  same  committee  in  1908  and  was  assistant  treasurer 
for  the  West  of  the  Taft  campaign. 

Mr.  Upham  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Colonial  Wars,  of  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  and  of  the  Loyal  Legion.  He  belongs 
to  the  following  clubs:  Chicago,  Union  League,  Hamilton,  Mid-Day, 
Germania,  Saddle  and  Cycle,  City,  Press,  Chicago  Automobile,  South  Shore, 
Glen  View  Golf,  Exmoor  Golf,  C.  A.  A.,  Chicago  Golf  (Chicago),  Auto- 
mobile of  America  (New  York)  and^  Metropolitan  (Washington).  His 
office  is  at  332  S.  Michigan  Ave. 


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JOHNSON,  WILLIAM  OSCAR,  lawyer  and  underwriter,  Chicago;  b.  Fredonla,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  30,  1856;  s.  Oscar  \V. 
and  Emily  M.Johnson;  A.M.,  Hamilton  Coll.,  Clinton.  N.  Y.,  1877;  LL.  B..  1879;  adm.  to  N.  Y.  bar,  1879,  and 
practiced  at  Buffalo  until  comin?  to  Cntca?o  in  1S33,  since  which  time  has  been  actively  engaged  in  practice 
here;  counsel  Chicago  &  Erie  R.  R.  Co.,  since  1881;  pres.  Security  Life  Ins.  Co.  of  America  since  1000;  dir. 
Western  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  C.  &  W.  I.  R.  R.  Co.,  Belt  Ry.  of  Chicago  and  Chicago  &  Erie  R.  R.  Co.;  was 
receiver  Freeport  St.  Ry.  and  other  Cos.:  appt.  receiver  Chicago  &  Milwaukee  Klectric  R.  R.,  Feb.,  1911;  mem. 
Chicago  Bar  Assn.;  clubs,  C.  A.  A.,  University,  South  Shore;  office,  The  Rookery. 


56 


VEEDER.  ALBERT  H..  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Fonda,  Montgomery  Co.,  X.  Y..  Apr.  1.  1S44;  s  Henry  and  Rachel 
(Lansing)  Veeder;  early  edn.  in  common  schools;  gracl.  I'nion  Coll.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  1865;  supt.  of  schools, 
Oalva,  111.,  1866-8,  at  the  same  time  studying  law;  admitted  to  bar,  1868:  practiced  at  Galvn.  III.,  1868-74; 
since  then  in  Chicago;  atty.  for  the  Town  or  Lake,  1874-85;  now  gcncrul  counsel  and  dir.  St.  Louis  Nat.  Stock 
Yards  Co.,  Swift  and  Company,  Libby,  McNelll  &  Llbby  etc.;  Mason  (32d  degree,  K.  T..  Shrlner);  repub.; 
clubs,  Chicago,  Mid-Day,  University,  C.  A.  A.;  office,  76  W.  Monroe  St. 


57 


OVERALL,  GEORGE  WHITFIELD,  physician.  Chicago;  b.  Dec.  31,  1849;  took  classical  course  at  the  t'niv. 
of  Tenn.  and  medical  degree  at  the  Jefferson  Med.  Coll.  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  at  once  took  a  prominent  position 
in  his  profession  and  at  28  was  elected  to  the  chairs  of  professor  of  physiology  and  clinical  nervous  diseases  In  a 
prominent  medical  college;  has  contributed  extensively  to  medical  journalism,  and  Is  the  author  of  three  prom- 
inent works;  one  of  which,  on  the  "  Non-Surgical  Treatment  of  Diseases  of  the  Prostate.  Kidney,  Hladdcr  and 
Nervous  Diseases."  has  parsed  the  fourth  edition  of  more  than  20,000  volumes;  his  latest  work,  just  issued,  on 
the  treatment  of  chronic  diseases,  by  Intra-venous  transudations.  Is  exciting  attention  and  is  meeting  with  an 
unprecedented  success*,  as  it  contains  new  features,  by  means  of  which,  potent  and  efficient,  though  harmless, 
remedies  are  introduced  directly  Into  the  blood;  office,  7  W.  Madison  St. 


58 


URION,  ALFRED  R.,  lawyer.  Chfcano:  horn  Salem,  N.  J.,  Sept.  29.  1S63;  s.  John  and  Mary  (Handolph) 
I'rion:  ed.  South  Jersey  Inst.  and  Central  hiiih  school.  Philadelphia.  Pa.;  Studied  law  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and 
In  X.  I).;  admitted  to  bar  on  examination  In  N.  I).,  ISSfi;  later  admitted  to  Minn  bar  at  St.  Paul,  and  in  1SHS 
came  to  Chicago  to  enter  U'K«1  service  of  Armour  A  Co..  for  which  ho  is  now  gen.  counsel;  mem.  Chicago  board 
oT  edn.  (pros,  same,  June,  1909  Jan.  1,  1911);  Mason;  clubs,  Press,  I'nion  Leasue.  Hamilton;  office,  Home 
Insurance  Building. 


BAUM,  W.  L,,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Morris,  III.,  May  11,  1867;  s.  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Zorrman)  Baum;  e<l. 
Morris  Normal  Sen.;  M.  D.  Jefferson  Med.  ('oil.,  Phila.,  1HHS;  special  courses  in  universities  and  hosps.  of  Vienna 
and  Berlin;  since  1891  in  practice  in  Chicago  as  specialist;  treas.  and  prof,  skin  and  venereal  diseases,  Chicago 
Post-Grad.  Med.  SchI;  dermatologist  to  Baptist,  German  and  Chicago  hosps;  attending  physician  for  contagious 
diseases  in  Cook  Co.  Hosp;  mem.  Physicians'  Club;  sec.  Chicago  Medico-Legal  Society;  fellow  Chicago  Aeact.  of 
Medicine;  mem.  Chicago  Dermatologicai  Soc.,  Am.  Urologlcal  Assn.  (treas.),  A.  M.  A.,  111.  State  Med.  Soc., 
( 'hicai-o  Med.  Soc.,  Chicago  Pathological  Soc..  Miss.  Valley  Med.  Soc.,  Trt-State  Med.  Soc:  repub.;  coroner  of 
Grundy  Co.,  1888;  clubs,  Chicago,  C.  A.  A.,  Marquette,  C'hlcago  Yacht  (fleet  surgeon);  office.  31  X.  State  St. 


60 


CRITCHFIELD,  HARRY  D.,  lawyer  and  sales  manager  of  the  Automatic  Electric  Co.,  Chicago,  was 
Knox  Co.,  O.,  in  186:1:  was  educated  In  the  public  schools,  admitted  to  the  Ohio  bar  in  1889,  and  prac 
Mount  Vernon  until  1897.  In  1896  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Ohio  Independent  Telephone  AssocUit 
1897  he  was  chairman  of  the  constitution  commit  tee  at  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  Independent  Te 


Association  of  the  C.  S..  and  has  been  a  member 
ciation  since  It  wasfounded.  He  was  general  <•( 
land  and  became  general  counsel  for  the  Kvere 
ties.  During  this  time  he  prepared  the  contra 
companies  and  independent  exchange  compan 
form  of  all  such  contracts.  He  came  to  Chleagi 


on.    In 
e phone 


if  either  the  advisory  board  or  executive  committee  of  tin  t  asso- 
unsel  for  the  association  for  five  years.  In  189S  he  went  to  Cleve- 
t-Muorr  syndicate  in  the  development  of  their  telephone  proper- 
t  for  interchange  of  business  be!  ween  Independent  long  distance 
es,  the  pioneer  contract  of  its  kind,  which  became  the  standard 

in  1901  as  the  general  counsel  for  the  Automatic-  Telephone  com- 


pany  at  the  time  of  Its  organization.    He  is  at  present  interested  In  numerous  independent  operating  telephone 
companies;  office.  1001  W.  Van  Buren  St. 


61 


WILSON,  FRANCIS  S.,  lawyer.  Chicago:  attorney  for  Cook  County;  b.  Youngstown,  (>..  Feb.  7,  1872;  *.  David 
M.  and  Griselda  K.  (Campbell)  Wilson;  ed.  Hudson,  O.,  preparatory  schl..  Western  Reserve  Univ.,  and  \Vcsrcrn 
Reserve  Law  Schl.,  LL.  B.;  nominated  1896  on  dem.  ticket  for  judge  probate  court,  Mahoning  County,  O.; 
after  coming  to  Chicago  associated  in  practice  of  law  with  John  P.  Alt  geld  and  Clarence  Darrow;  formerly 
mem.  firm  Darrow.  Masters  &  Wilson:  appt.  attorney  of  Cook  county,  1912;  clubs,  Homewood  Country, 
I.  A.  C.,  Legal;  mem.  111.  and  Chicago  Bar  as^ns. ;  olllccs,  Ashland  Hlk.  and  County  lildu-. 


62 


TOWER,  GEORGE  DANIEL,  manufacturer  of  Mendota,  III.,  was  horn  Oct.  31,  1853,  the  son  of  Justus  David 
and  Mary  (Cairns)  Tower.  He  attended  the  Mendota  high  school,  was  a  student  at  the  University  of  Illinois 
for  two  years.  He  engaged  in  farming  and  other  occupations  until  1883,  when  he  commenced  the  manufacture 
of  the  Tower  surface  cultivating  Instruments.  In  1901  he  organized  the  J.  D.  Tower  &  Sons  Company,  of 
which  he  is  president.  He  Is  also  director  of  the  Mendota  National  Bank.  Mr.  Tower  is  a  member  of  the 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  the  Illinois  Manufacturers*  Association,  the  National  Implement  and  Vehicle  Association  and 
the  I'nion  League  Club,  of  Chicago;  address,  Mendota,  111. 


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CARROLL,  WILLIAM,  electrician,  Chicago;  b.  Piqua,  O.,  Mar. 
8,  1851;  s.  Kdward  and  Bridget  (O'Brien)  Carroll;  ed.  public 
schls.  of  LeClalre,  la.;  worked  on  farm  at  14;  removed  to  Chicago 
and  was  employed  in  1878  erecting  poles  and  stringing  wires  Tor 
first  alarm  branch  city  fire  dept.:  promoted  to  batteryman,  line- 
man, repairer,  fire  alarm  tel.  operator  and  supt.  of  construction, 
1905;  city  electrician,  1905-12;  mem.  Western  Soc.  of  Engrs., 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  Firemen's  Benevolent 
Assn. 


WELSH,  JOHN  DOUGLAS,  lawyer,  Galesburg;  b.  Knox  Co.,  111., 
Sept.  10,  1858;  s.  Michael  and  Catherine  (Grace)  Welsh;  ed.  pub. 
schls.,  Lombard  Coll.:  111.  Wesleyan  Lawschl.  1887;  began  practice 
Springfield.  Mo.,  1889;  moved  to  Galesburg  1X90  and  continued  to 
date;  trustee  Lombard  Coll.;  repub.;  county  Judge  1902,  one  term; 
mem.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  B.  P.  O.  E.;  club,  Galesburg:  office,  1st  Nat. 
Bank  Bldg.,  Galesburg. 


LARSON,  LEWIS  E.,  secty.  board  of  education,  Chicago;  b.  Le- 
land.  111.,  Nov.  2,  1874;  s.  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Peterson)  Larson; 
grad.,  Jennings  Sem.,  Aurora,  111.,  1891;  secty.  to  supt.  of  schools 
of  Chicago  during  incumbency  of  Supts.  Lanr, Andrews  and  Cooley; 
asst.  supt.  in  charge  of  evening  schls.,  18S9;  Dec.,  1900,  passed 
highest  in  civil  service  examination  and  became  secty.;  position 
carries  with  it  since  Dec.,  1910,  the  general  management  of  all 
business  matters  outside  of  educational  dept.;  office.  Tribune  Bldg. 


TRAEGER,  JOHN  E.,  city  comptroller  and  banker,  Chicago;  b. 
Chi.,  Nov.  13,  1857;  s.  John  and  Mary  (Dlercks)  Traeger;  ed. 
pub.  schls.;  early  life  on  farm;  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in 
the  city  and  later  in  meat  bu.sine.ss;  dcm.;  elected  collector  Town 
of  Lake,  1897:  re-elected  1S9S  <j;  coroner  of  Cook  Co.,  1900-4: 
city  collector  1905-7;  city  treas.,  1907-9;  vice  pres.  Stockmen's 
Trust  &  Savings  Bank  since  Dec.,  1904;  Apr.,  1911,  appt.  comptrol- 
ler of  city  of  Chi.,  which  position  he  now  holds;  offices.  City  Hall 
and  542->  S.  Hoisted  St. 


McGRATH,  SHELTON  FRANCIS,  lawyer,  Peorla;  mem.  firm  of 
Quinn.  Quinn  i  McGrath;  b.  Mt.  Pulaski,  111.,  Feb.  25,  1881;  s. 
Patrick  L.  and  Harriet  (Snyder)  McGrath;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Logan 
Co.;  grad.  Lincoln  high  schl.  1900;  LL.  B.  Wesleyan  Univ.  1906; 
adm.  to  bar  1906;  engaged  In  practice  of  law,  Bloomington,  111., 
with  Kerrlck  &  Bracken,  tall  or  1906;  moved  to  Peorla.  III.,  Nov., 
1907;  became  member  of  flrm  of  Quinn.  Quinn  &  McGrath,  Jan., 
1909;  past  exalted  ruler,  Peoria  Lodge  Xo.  20,  B.  P.  O.  E.;  D.  D. 
G.  E.  R.,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  West  Dlst.  of  111.;  K.  P.;  member  of  111. 
Valley  Yacht  Club,  Peoria  Co.  and  State  Bar  assns.;  office.  912- 
14  Jefferson  Bldg.,  Peoria,  111. 


SWEITZER.  ROBERT  MAGNER,  Cook  County  clerk,  Chicago; 
b.  Chicago.  May  10,  1868;  s.  Martin  John  and  Sarah  (Lamping) 
Sweitzer;  ed.  pub.  schls.;  grad.  St.  Patrick's  Commercial  Acad.. 
1884;  connected  with  James  H.  Walker  Co.  seven  years  until  their 
failure  in  1893;  with  John  H.  Farwell  Co.,  Nov.  15.  1893,  to  Dec. 
1,  1910;  elected  co.  clerk  on  dem.  ticket.  Nov.,  1910;  dir.  111.  Com- 
mercial Men's  Assn.  and  III.  Traveling  Men's  Health  Assn.;  chair- 
man executive  com.  Alumni  Assn.  of  St.  Patrick's  Commercial 
Acad.;  mem.  I.  A.  C.,  Iroquois  Club.  K.  C..  Royal  League.  B.  P. 
O.  E.;  office.  County  Bldg. 


WINSTON,  CHARLES  A.,  lawyer.Chicago;  b.  Dec.  6, 1865.  Bullitts- 
burg,  Ky.;  8.  Albert  G.  and  GeorgeUa  (Matson)  Winston;  grad. 
Woodward  Coll..  Cincinnati.  1SS6;  LL.  B.  1891,  Cincinnati  Law 
Schl.;  LL.  B.  Harvard  Law  Schl.  1893;  post-grad.  Harvard,  1897; 
prof,  real  property  law  dept.  Minn.  Univ.  1898;  served  for  two 
years  under  John  S.  Miller:  for  6  years  senior,  mem.  flrm  of  Win- 
ston, Lowy  &  McGinn;  mem.  Birchwood  Country  Club,  C.  A. 
A.,  Art  Institute,  Chicago  Bar  Assn.:  Southern  Club,  Phi  Delta 
Phi  law  fraternity;  office.  Stock  Exchange  Bldg. 


DINGMAN.  CHARLES  WILLIAM,  grain  merchant.  Chicago;  b. 
Stokes,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  3,  1854;  s.,  William  Henry  and  Jeannette  E. 
(Stedman)  Dingman:  ert.  Stokes  grammar  schl.,  high  schl..  Lee 
Center,  N.  Y.,  and  business  coll..  Utica.  N.  Y.;  began  business 
career  as  bookkeeper  and  cashier  for  Williams  A  Edwards,  Rome. 
N.  Y.,  1873-1875:  with  Roberts.  Hoag  &  Tefft.  Utica,  N.  Y.,  In 
similar  position,  1875-1877:  studied  law  under  Arthur  B.  John- 
son, Utica,  1877  to  1880:  with  Armour  &  Co..  1880  to  date;  served 
with  the  Bacon  Cadets.  Utica;  office,  137  S.  La  Salle  St. 


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BALL,  CHARLES  BACKUS,  sanitary  eugr.,  chief  sanitary  insp. 
dept.  of  health,  Chicago;  b.  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Aug.  31,  1854; 
a.  Charles  ami  Sarah  Lathrop  (Backus)  Ball;  ed.  highschl.  Warren, 
O.,  Ph.  B.,  Yale,  1880;  civil  eugr.  1880-94,  asst.  engr.  sewer  dept.. 
Washington,  D.  C.,  1887-94,  insp.  plumbing,  D.  C.,  1894-1902; 
chief  Insp.  tenement  house  dept..  New  York,  1902-4;  chief  sanitary 
insp.,  Chi.,  1904;  ousted;  reinstated  1907;  in  service  to  present 
time;  mem.  Am.  Soc.  Civil  Kngrs.,  Am.  Soc.  Insp.  Plumbing  and 
Sanitary  Engrs..  dlr.  Xat.  Housing  Assn.;  office.  City  Hall. 


DOGGETT,  HERBERT  E.  LEE,  realestate,  Chicago;  b.  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.(  Dec.  2,  1862;  s.  LeRoy  Benjamin  and  Lucy  Frances 
(Jerrelt)  Doggett;  ed.  pub.  schools  and  mil.  schls.,  Fredericksburg; 
engaged  in  general  brokerage  business,  1886-1890,  mem.  firm  of 
W.  L.  DoKgett  *  Bros.,  since  1S90:  dein.;  former  mem.  3d  regt. 
Va.  N.  G.,  hon.  mem.  Co.  G,  1st  regt.  I.  N.  G.;  mem.  reception 
com.  World's  Columbian  Expn.,  1892-3;  Mason  (32d,  K.  T., 
Shriner) ;  club.  South  Shore;  office.  Rector  Bids- 


DeWOODY,  CHARLES  F.,  division  supt.  bureau  of  investigation, 
U.  S.  dept.  of  justice,  Chicago;  b.  Akron,  O.,  Oct.  31,  1877;  s. 
David  G.  and  Alice  B.  (Crubach)  DeWoody;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Akron, 
Buchtel  Coll.,  and  Columbia  Univ.;  practiced  law  in  Akron  1899- 
1901;  entered  atty.  gen.  office  1902;  served  in  various  capacities, 
including  Investigation  in  "beef  trust"  case;  now  asst.  U.  S.  atty. 
for  northern  dist.  of  111.  and  eastern  (list,  of  Mich.;  office,  Federal 
Bldg. 


HAYDEN,  DANIEL  B.,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Symerton.  111.,  Dec. 
12,  1879;  s.  John  and  Bridget  (Herman)  Hayden;  ed.  St.  Viateur's 
Coll.,  A.  B.,  A.  M.,  1894-1900;  Georgetown,  M.  D.  1900-4;  Univ. 
of  Vienna,  1907-8;  began  practice  at  63rd  and  Halste<l  sts..  later 
at  32  N.  State;  instructor  in  otology  and  laryngology  at  Rush 
Med.  Coll.;  club.  City;  office,  122  S.  Michigan  Ave. 


QUINLAN,  WILLIAM  WHEELOCK,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Lake 
Forest,  111.,  Aug.  10,  1867;  s.  Charles  Harvey  and  Ruth  (Efner) 
Qulnian;  ed.  Evanston  High  schl.;  grad.  1891  M.  D.,  Coll.  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons,  N.  Y.  city;  prof,  diseases  of  children,  Chicago 
polyclinic  hosp.,  since  1904;  med.  referee  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Co.  of  N.  Y.  since  1906;  mem.  C.  A.  A.;  office,  29  E.  Madison  St. 


STUCKART,  HENRY,  city  treas.,  Chicago;  b.  New  York  City, 
Nov.  6,  1853;  s.  Conrad  and  Margreth  Ktuckart;  brought  to  Chi- 
cago in  infancy;  ed.  pub.  schls.;  engaged  in  house  furnishing  busi- 
ness since  1875;  aid.  from  old  Gth  ward,  1892-G,  and  from  present 
4th  ward,  1903-5;  South  Town  assessor,  1898-1902;  candidate 
for  mem,  bd.  of  review,  1908;  elected  city  treas.,  1911;  office.  City 
Hall. 


TENNEY,  HORACE  KENT,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Portage,  WIs., 
Sept.  11,  1859;  s.  Henry  W.  and  Hannah  (Cadle)  Tenney;  ed. 
Univ.  of  Vt.;  LL.  B.,  Univ.  of  Wis.  1881;  in  practice  at  Chicago 
since  1881;  mem.  law  tlrm  of  Tenney,  Coffeen,  Harding  &  Sher- 
man; lecturer  on  practice,  John  Marshall  Law  schl.:  prof,  law  Univ. 
of  Chicago  1903-09;  mem.  Chicago,  111.  State  (pres.  1911)  and 
Am.  Bar  assns.;  repub.;  clubs.  Union  League,  Univ.  Law;  res., 
Winnetka;  office.  Home  Insurance  Bldg. 


FETZER,  WILLIAM  R.,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b.  on  farm  in  Vermillion 
township,  LaSalle  Co.,  Feb.  li>,  1S73;  s.  John  W.  and  Clara  (Wood- 
ward) Fetzer;  ed.  pub,  schls.;  grad.  Ottawa  high  schl.;  two  years 
in  Univ.  of  111. ;  grad.  1899  N.  W.  Univ.  law  dept.  and  adm.  to  bar 
same  year;  after  six  months  in  law  office  began  practice  for  him- 
self; appointed  asst.  state's  atty.,  Cook  Co.,  1909;  mem.  Chicago 
Bar  Assn.,  Mason,  Woodlawn  Lodge,  No.  S41:  Jackson  Park  Lodge, 
No.  222,  Woodlawn  Commandery,  No.  76.  Knights  Templar,  and 
Shriner;  clubs,  Woodlawn  Park  and  Univ.  of  III.;  office,  Criminal 
Court  Bldg. 


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STEWART,  HARRY  J.f  physician,  Kewanee;  b.  Warren  Co.,  Mar. 
21,  1868;  s.  David  B.  and  Sarah  E.  (Pllkington)  Stewart;  grad. 
N.  W.  Univ.  In  medicine;  practiced  In  Mercer  Co.;  moved  to  Ke- 
wanee 1900  and  became  specialist  In  eye,  ear,  nose,  and  throat; 
chm.  staff  St.  Francis  Hospital;  chair  of  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat, 
also  nursing  and  ethics  Nurses'  Training  schl.;  chm.  village  bd. 
of  Viola,  111.,  1894-1900;  township  trustee  of  schls.  Mercer  Co., 
1897-1900;  chm.  bd.  of  edn.  Kewanee,  1906-7;  Mason;  clubs, 
Kewanee  (pres.  1909-10),  Midland,  Country,  Commercial  (pres.); 
office,  Kewanee,  111. 


ADAMICK,  GUSTAVE  HATTENHAUER,  druggist  and  chemist, 
Chicago;  b.  Bloomington,  111.,  Sept.  22, 1863;  s.Adolph  and  Augusta 
(Hattenhauer)  Adamick;  ed.  pub.  schls.,  Peru,  111.;  Ph.  G.,  Schl. 
of  Pharmacy,  N.  W.  Univ.,  1887;  after  course  In  pharmacy  Jn 
N.  W.  Univ.  in  business  for  self  at  La  Salle,  III.,  for  6  yrs.;  later 
traveling  salesman  for  John  Wyeth  &  Bro.,  Phila.;  1900  pres.  of 
A.  Arend  Drug  Co.;  repub.;  Mason,  K.  T.;  mem.  Am.  Pharmaceu- 
tical Assn.:  club,  Hamilton;  office,  192  W.  Madison  St. 


CROWLEY,  FRED  J.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  New  York  City,  Dec. 
19,  1871;  s.  James  and  Kli/aheth  (McGowan)  Crowley;  in  Chicago 
since  1873;  ed.  parochial  and  pub.  schls.;  grad.  law  dept.  Lake 
Forest  Univ.  1897;  tidm.  bar  same  yr. ;  with  Morris  &  Co.,  Union 
Stock  Yards,  1887-1897,  atty.  In  credit  dept,  Morris  &  Co.,  1807- 
1900;  since  1901  in  legal  dept.  H.  O.  Stone  &  Co.;  dem.;  nominated 
for  Congress  3d  dist.  III.  190^:  also  1910.  which  election  is  now  be- 
ing contested  in  hou^e;  member  K.  A.,  K.  C.,  C.  O.  F.,  N.  A.  U., 
A.  O.  H.,  M.  W.  A.;  office,  American  Trust  Bldg. 


O'SHAUGHNESSY,  THOMAS,  Sr.,  U.  S.  appraiser,  Chicago; 
b.  London,  Mar.  24,  1842;  s.  John  and  Mary  O.  (Hanlon) 
O'Shaughnessy;  ed.  pub.  schls.,  Boston  and  Xew  York;  12  yrs.  with 
Bliss,  Whiting,  Pierce,  &  McKenny,  Boston,  33  yrs.,  with  Clem- 
ent, Bane  &  Co.,  Chi.;  commr.  111.  State  Penitentiary  4  yrs.; 
U.  S.  appraiser  for  5*4  yrs.;  republican;  candidate  for  city  clerk 
and  city  treas.;  enlisted  in  44th  Mass.  Vol.  in  Civil  War  and  served 
full  term;  member  G.  A.  H.;  office,  1939  W.  Monroe  St. 


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JONES,  CHARLES  SWEENEY,  wholesale  grocery  broker,  Peoria; 
b.  Havana,  111.,  AUK.  14,  1866;  s.  John  William  and  Elizabeth  F. 
(Sweeney)  Jones;  ed.  pub.  schl.;  entered  r.  r.  service  with  C.,  B.  & 
Q.  at  Peoria  1884;  with  C.  *  N.  W.  at  Huron,  So.  Dak.,  1886  to 
1890;  with  C.  &  E.  I.,  at  Chi.  1890  to  1895;  returned  to  Peoria 
1895,  entering  as  partner  flrm  of  Jones  Bros.,  wholesale  grocery 
brokers;  pres.  Nat.  Canned  Goods  &  Dried  Fruit  Brokers  Assn. 
1910  and  1911,  secty.  111.  Wholesale  Grocers  Assn.  1899  to  date; 
aide  de  camp  with  rank  of  colonel  S.  D.  N.  G.,  stall  Gov.  A.  C. 
Mellette,  1888;  clubs.  Automobile.  Chi.,  Creve  Co?ur  and  Country. 
Peoria;  address,  324  S.  Washington  St.,  Peoria.  111. 


DART,  CARLTON  ROLLIN,  civil  engr.,  Chicago;  b.  Lansing,  Mich.. 
Feb.  1,  1862;  s.  Rollln  Charles  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Darling) 
Dart;  ed.  Lansing  pub.  schls.  to  1878;  B.  S.,  Mich.  Agricultural 
Coll.,  1881;  partial  post-grad,  course  in  engineering  at  Univ.  of 
Mich.,  1882-3;  asst.  to  city  engr.  Lansing,  Mich.,  1881-2;  drafts- 
man, Marquette  &  Western  R.  R.,  Marquette,  Mich..  1883-84, 
G.  R.  &I.Ry.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  1885-6;  asst.  engr.  U.  P.  R.  R. 
on  construction  of  terminals.  1886-91;  general  engineering  work 
In  Chicago,  1891-1901;  since  1901  bridge  engr.  for  Sanitary  Dlst. 
of  Chicago;  mem.  Am.  Soc.  of  Civil  Engrs.,  Western  Soc.  of  Engrs., 
Chicago  Engrs.  Club;  office,  76  W.  Monroe  St. 


FLEMING,  HERBERT  E.,  civic  worker,  expert  investigator,  news- 
paper writer,  Chicago:  b.  Nora  Springs.  la.,  Feb.  21,  1878;  s. 
Thomas  Kaston  and  Florence  (Dorn)  Fleming;  Ph.  B.  1902,  Univ. 
of  Chi.:  I'h.  D.  \>M\:>.  sociology  and  political  economy.  Univ.  of 
Chi.;  author:  A  History  of  the  Literary  Periodicals  and  Literary 
Interests  of  Chicago,  !!«)('.;  newspaper  man  Cedar  Rapids.  la.,  and 
Chi.  1896-1909;  editorial  writer,  Chicago  Daily  News.  1907-9;  In- 
vestigator, Merlam  comm.  city  expenditures.  Chicago,  1909-10; 
secy.  gen.  mgr.  III.  and  Chi.  Civil  Service  Reform  Assns.  since 
June,  1910;  mem.  C'hi.  Psi  fraternity;  clubs.  City,  Chicago  News- 
paper, Midway  Tennis;  office,  Marquette  Bldg. 


ZILLMAN.  CHRISTIAN  CHARLES  HERMAN,  lawyer,  Chicago; 
b.  Will  Co.,  III.,  Dec.  26.  1870;  s.  William  and  Dorothea  (Maas) 
Zillman;  ed.  Mo.  State  Univ.,  B.  S.  1893;  Columbia  Univ..  N.  Y-, 
M.  A.  1S!>7;  cadet  at  U.  8.  Naval  Acad..  Annapolis.  Md.,  1888-92; 
adm.  111.  bar  1897;  practiced  at  Chi.  since  with  Rubens,  Dupuy  A 
Fischer,  later  with  David,  Smulski  &  McGaffey,  firm  now  David  & 
Zillman;  mem.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Chi.  and  111.  State 
Bar  assiis.:  club,  Ravenswood  Golf;  office,  154  W.  Randolph  St. 


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HALEY.  PATRICK  C.,  lawyer.  Chicago  and  Joliet;  b.  Saranac,  N. 
Y.,  Mar.  17,  1 849 :s.  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Caton)  Haley;  ed.  high 
schl.;  LL.  B.,  1871,  Univ.  ot  Mlch.;adm.  111.  bar  1871;  practiced  at 
Joliet  and  elected  city  atty.,  1871;  since  then  engaged  in  private 
practice;  twenty  years  special  counsel  Sanitary  district;  alderman, 
fifth  ward,  Joliet,  twelve  years;  mayor  of  Joliet,  1891;  twice  can- 
didate for  congress  on  dem.  ticket;  still  resides  in  Joliet  and  prac- 
tices there  and  in  ( 'hicaiio  with  llnti  of  Kttily.  Haley  A-  \\etteir 
office.  The  Temple. 


CREIGHTON.  JAMES  A.,  judge  circuit  court.  Springfield;  b.  White 
Co.,  111.,  March  7.  1846;  s.  John  McClure  and  Mary  Ann  (Crews) 
Crelghton;  democrat;  elected  to  the  bench  1885;  Mason;  offlce,  812 
S.  Second  St.  Sprlngdeld. 


PIHLFELDT.  THOMAS  GEORGE,  city  engineer  in  charge  of  brld- 


»i«»*rc.i,i*«,    invrmAa  v*E,v^rvv»c.,  uibj    tiiKiiii'i-|   111  uiUM  no  VI    UI  m- 

«*-s.  Chicago;  b.  Vadsoe,  Norway.  Oct.  11.  1X.VS;  s.  John  and  Henri- 
etta (Jordan)  Pihlfeldt;  ed.  private  schls.  In  Norway;  grad.  Royal 
Polytechnic  Inst.,  Dresden,  Germany,  1879;  removed  to  Chicago 
Aug..  1879;  worked  as  machinist,  draftsman  and  in  other  mechai  * 
cal  and  engineering  pursuits  for  ten  years;  entered  city  servl 
Sept.,  IHS9;  appointed  to  present  position,  July,  1901;  mem.  I. 
C'.  and  Chicago  Norske  clubs;  office  City  Hall. 


LASIER,  DAVID  S.,  grain,  Chicago;  b.  Freeport.  III.;  ed.  pub.  schls. 
Freeport;  in  grain  business  since  leaving  school;  came  to  Chi.  in 
1869,  and  began  operations  in  grain  on  Chi,  board  of  trade,  con- 
tinuing In  various  connections  until  1S90,  when  became  mem.  firm 
Lasier  &  Hooper;  sold  Interest  1!HM>:  operated  alone  until  1910; 
mem.  tirm  Crighton  &  Lasier,  since  11)10;  mem.  bd.  of  trade  (dlr. 
1911-1914),  Mason;  clubs.  Union  League,  I.  A.  C.;  res.,  Wlnnetka: 
offlce.  Postal  Telegraph  Bldg. 


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HARLES  HENRY  MARKHAM,  president  of  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad,  was  born  at  Clarksville,  Tenn.,  May  22, 
1861,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Reddan)  Markham.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Addison,  N.  Y.,  from  1873  to  1877. 
He  began  his  railway  career  as  a  section  laborer  for  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
&  Santa  Fe  road  in  1881,  and  later  was  station  laborer  and  clerk  for  the 
same  road  at  Deming,  N.  M.  He  began  his  climb  of  the  steps  to  a  railroad 
presidency  when  he  was  promoted  to  station  agent  at  Lordsburg,  N.  M., 
and  the  years  up  to  1897  were  spent  as  station  agent  at  that  place,  at 
Benson,  Ariz.,  and  at  Reno,  Nev.  From  1897  to  1901  he  was  agent  and 
district  freight  and  passenger  agent  at  Fresno,  Cal.,  and  general  freight 
and  passenger  agent  of  the  Oregon  lines  at  Portland,  Ore.  He  became 
assistant  freight  traffic  manager  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  at  San 
Francisco,  Sept.  1,  1901,  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  Dec.  28  of  the 
same  year.  He  was  vice-president  of  the  Houston  &  Texas  Central  Rail- 
road from  1901  to  1904  and  vice-president  and  general  manager  from  April 
1  to  Nov.  1,  1904,  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company.  From  1904  to  1909 
he  was  general  manager  of  the  Guffey  Petroleum  Company  of  Beaumont, 
Tex.,  and  from  1909  to  Jan.  11,  1911,  was  president  of  the  Gulf  Refining 
Company  and  Gulf  Pipe  Line  Company  of  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

He  has  been  president  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  since  Jan.  12, 1911. 
He  also  has  been  president  of  the  Ocean  Steamship  Company  and  the  Central 
of  Georgia  Railway  since  Feb.  8,  1911.  He  belongs  to  the  Union  League 
Club.  His  office  is  at  the  Lake  Front  and  Twelfth  St.,  Chicago. 


80 


HOPKINS,  ALBERT  J.,  lawyer,  Chtcaun  and  Aurora;  b.  l>«- Kiilb  Co..  III.,  AUK.  15.  1S4G:  A.  B.  Hillsdalc  (Mich.) 
Coll.,  1S70;  adm.  to  bar  and  practiced  at  Aurora,  111.  and  Chicago;  state's  atty.  Kane  Co.,  111.,  1872-6;  mem. 
repub.  state  central  com.,  1878-80:  presidential  elector.  1884;  mem.  49th  to  57th  congresses  (1SS5- 11*03),  8th 
111.  dist.;  U.  S.  Senator  from  111.,  1903-9;  supported  by  repub.  congressional  delegation  of  111.  as  candidate  for 
speaker  ~>r>tii  coimri'ss;  mem.  flrm  of  Hopkins.  I'efti'rs  ,t  Hopkins. Chicago;  res.,  Aurora,  III.;  office.  Corn  Exchange 
Bank  Bldg. 


81 


BERMINGHAM,  THOMAS  C.,  wholesale  paper  merchant,  Chicago;  b.  on  farm  in  Washington  Co.,  VVIs.,  May 
21,  1850;  s.  Thomas  and  Ann  (Costello)  Bermingham;  ed.  common  schls.,  Beloit,  Wis.,  1857-65:  ISfiS,  office  boy 
with  Davis,  Lawrence  &  Davis,  paper  mfrs.,  Beloit,  Wis.;  traveling  salesman  for  same  firm,  1870-2;  for  J.  W. 
Butler  Paper  Co.,  1872-82;  In  range  cattle  business  in  Arapahoe  Co.,  Colo.,  1882-92;  lost  all  his  money  in  the 
business  and  returned  to  Chicago,  1892,  and  worked  for  several  firms  in  wholesale  paper  business,  1892-9; 
secured  Interest  in  wholesale  paper  business  of  F.  K.  Moody  &  Co.,  1899 ;  reorganized  as  Moody  &  Bermingham 
Co..  1902,  becoming  its  pres.,  Mr.  Moody  retiring  from  firm  same  year;  changed  name  of  company,  1904,  to 
Bermingham  &  Seaman  Co.,  of  which  is  pres.;  mem.  Chi.  Assn.  of  Commerce;  office,  Tribune  Bldg. 


82 


KAUFMAN,  NATHAN  MYREN,  pres.   Congress   Hotel   Co.,  Chicago;  h.  Marquette.  Mich.,  July  4.   1862;  s. 

Samuel  and  Juliet  (Graveraet)  Kaufman:  educated  in  Marquette  public  schools,  in  his  business  career  he  has 
been  miner  and  banker,  president  of  the  Marquette  Co.  Savings  Bank  and  president  of  the  Washington  Iron  Co., 
was  also  mayor  of  Marquette;  clubs,  Marquette,  Marquette  Gun  and  Country,  South  Shore,  I.  A.  C.;  address, 
Congress  Hotel,  Chicago,  and  Marquette,  Mich. 


83 


STARRING.  MASON  BRAYMAN,  pres.  United  Ry.  Investment  Co..  Xew  York;  b.  Chicago.  May  8,  1859; 
gra<L  Central  high  schU  Chi.,  1877;  baggage  deptuC._.  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.  and  Penn._Co.  lines,  1878-9j   freight  dept. 

Ion 

counsel  s:ime.  ls'.»4  S;  actinj-  t,-ei —  .    .          - ^ -.„-- _ 

6:  July,  1904,  mem.  board  ot  dir.  C.  C.  Ry.  Co.;  Feb.  1906,  vice-pres.  C.  C.  Ry.  Co.;  pres.  Northwcsti-rn  Klevated 
R.  R.  Co.,  1907-11:  pres.  Chi.  &  Oak  Park  Kit-rated  H.  R.  Co..  1911;  elected  pres.  United  Railway  Investment 
Co.,  1912;  now  dir.  Chi.  &  Oak  Park  Elevated  R.  R..  N.  \v.  Elevated  R.  R..  Inter  Ocean  Steel  Co..  Gulf  Coast 
Irrigation  Co..  Allerton,  Green  &  King;  clubs.  Industrial,  Chicago  South  Shore,  Lake  Geneva  Country;  mem. 
Sons  of  Am.  Rev.;  mem.  bd.  of  councilors  Henrotin  Mem.  Hosp. 


84 


STURTZ,  CHARLES  ELMER,  lawyer,  of  Kewanee,  was  born  In  Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  on  Nov.  9,  1866;  he  Is  the 
son  of  Charles  and  Katherine  (Kennell)  Sturtz.  The  family  moved  to  \Vhlteside  Co.,  III.,  In  1809.  Mr.  Sturtz 
was  educated  in  various  country  schools  and  in  Northwestern  College,  Dixon,  III.,  from  IS84-7.  He  graduated 
from  Knox  College  In  1891  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.,  receiving  the  further  degree  of  LL.  B.  from  the  University 
of  Michigan  In  1K92.  He  moved  to  Kewanee  in  isy:j  and  hc«an  the  practice  of  law  there,  was  city  attorney 
during  the  years  1894-7  and  1899-1900,  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  from  1899  to  1908.  He  was  elected 
state's  attorney  of  Henry  county  on  the  republican  ticket  in  1903,  and  re-elected  in  1904  and  190S,  but  declined 
to  become  a  candidate  in  1912.  He  is  ;i  member  of  the  Masons.  Kniuhts  Tcrnplar.  Mystic  Shrine.  B.  P.  O.  E., 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  Mystic  Workers;  club,  Kewanee.  His  office  Is  on  the  corner  of  Main  and  Tremont 
streets,  Kewanee. 


85 


KELLER,  RUDOLPH  C..  vice-president.  Colonial  Trust  Company.  Chicago;  b.  Jo  Dayiess  county.  111.,  Dec. 
7,  1881;  s.  Christian  and  Emma  (Block)  Keller;  grart.  Rock  River  item..  Ml.  Morris.  III.,  1898;  chief  clerk  First 
X:u.  Bank.  Wimlom.  Minn..  l.s'JS-llMB:  cashier  State  Bank.  Lexington.  111.,  1903-6;  state  bank  examiner.  111., 
1906-8;  cashier.  Colonial  Trust  and  Sayings  Bank  since  1908.  and  virc-pres.  since  1010;  also  dlr.  [Michigan 
Ave.  Trust  Co.;  clubs.  Mid-Day,  I.  A.  C'.,  Edgewater,  Evanston  Golf;  office,  137  S.  La  Salle  St. 


86 


ABBEY,  CHARLES  PETERS,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  May  23,  1865;  s.  Frederick  J.  and  Mary  (Peters) 
Abbey:  ed.  Tniv.  of  Chicago,  X.  \V.  I'niv..  A.  B.,  iss'.i.  Chicago  (nil.  of  I.:iw,  1  v.»  I  :  :u!m.  to  bar.  1  sill ;  mem. 
law  firm  of  Mlllard  &  Abbey,  1896.  chunking  in  1901  to  Millard,  Abbey  &  Mlllard:  Apr.  1.  1905,  became  mem. 
firm  of  Dolph,  Buell  &  Abbey,  since  Aug.  1,  1908,  Buell  &  Abbey;  mem.  Phi  Beta  Kappa  (Northwestern  Univ.). 
Law  Club,  Chicago  Law  Institute,  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  Chicago  Bar  Assn.  (secty.,  Feb.,  1904-Dec.,  1907; 
flrst  vice-pres.  Dec.,  1907-June,  1909).  111.  Bar  Assn.,  Am.  Bar  Assn.: Mason  (Park  Lodge  No.  843,  Park  Chapter, 
111.  Commandery,  Medinah  Temple.  Mystic  Shrine) :  clubs.  University,  Hamilton,  Edgewater,  Edgewater  Golf, 
Birchwood  Country;  office,  Tribune  Bldg. 


87 


COBE,  IRA  MAURICE,  investment  banker  and  promoter,  Chicago;  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Oct.  29,  1866:  s.  Mark 
H.  and  Eva  (Morrl**)  Cobe;  att.  pub.  schls.  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  Boston  Univ.;  adm.  to  Mass,  bar  1888,  and 
practiced  until  1892,  when  joined  In  organization  of  Cobe  &  McKinnon,  investments,  Chicago,  in  which  con- 
tinues; since  189S  1st  yice-pres.  Assets  Realization  Co.;  dir.  Chicago  Title  <fc  Trust  Co.,  Calumet  and  So.  Chi. 
Ry.  Co.,  Hammond,  Whltlni?  &  East  Chicago  Ry.  Co.,  Financial  Corporation  of  America;  chairman  governing 
committee  Chi.  City  and  Connecting  Rys.;  dir.  Chi.  Assn.  of  Commerce;  clubs.  Hamilton,  C.  A.  A. .South  Shore, 
Chicago  Automobile  (pres.),  Mid-Day;  office,  First  Nat.  Bank  Bldg. 


XS 


BENN,  ALONZO  NEWTON,  assistant  to  the  president,  National  Packing  Co.,  Chicago;  b.  Washington,  la., 
Nov.  25,  1866;  s.  John  Robert  and  Nancy  Ann  Benn;  ed.  public  schls.,  \Voodburn,  la.,  1871-81;  telegraph 
operator,  C.,  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.,  Ottumwa,  la.,  1882-85;  telegraph  operator,  gen.  offices,  Burlington  route,  and 
Western  Union,  Omaha,  issii;  stenographer,  telegrapher,  etc..  NVbraska  City  Packing  Co..  1SJS7  S!*:  asst . 
supt.,  Omaha  Packing  Co..  S.  Omaha,  ix!io  <)2:  ingr.  Omaha  Packing  Co..  St.  Joseph,  Mo..  1898-96;  gen.  supt., 
Omaha  Packing  Co.,  Chicago,  IS96-98;  mgr.  Omaha  Packing  Co.,  S.  Omaha,  1899-1901;  gen.  mgr.  and  dir., 
Omaha  Packing  Co.,  Chicago  and  S.  Omaha,  1902;  vice-pres.,  Omaha  Packing  Co..  Chicago,  1!K)3;  assistant  to 
the  vice-prea.  National  Packing  Co.,  Chicago,  1904;  assistant  to  the  pres.  National  Packing  Co.,  since  1905; 
clubs.  Union  League,  C.  A.  A.,  Calumet.  Kenwood,  South  Shore;  mem.  Chicago  Board  of  Trade,  Chi.  Assn.  of 
Commerce,  Apollo  Commandery  No.  1,  Knights  Templar,  Oriental  Consistory,  Medlnah  Temple;  office  The 
Rookery. 


S!) 


RAWSON,  FREDERICK  HOLBROOK.  banker,  Chicago,  was  born  In  Chicago,  May  30.  1872.  HP  is  the  son  of 
Stephen  Wilson  and  Emily  (Holbrouk)  Raw.son.  His  education  was  received  at  the  Harvard  school  and  Yale 
University,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1895  with  the  degree  of  B.  A.  He  entered  the  I'nion  Trust  C'o.  In  1895 
as  clerk  and  worked  in  various  capacities  until  he  was  elected  assistant  cashier.  His  election  as  vice-president 
followed  in  1902  and  as  president  in  1905.  Mr.  Rawson  Is  a  trustee  of  the  Chicago  Public  and  John  Crerar 
libraries,  the  Chicago  Home  for  Incurables,  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  and  the  Chicago  Commons;  clubs,  Chi- 
cago, University  (Chicago),  University  (New  York).  C.  A.  A.,  Onwentsia,  Exmoor,  South  Shore,  Racquet  (New 
York);  office.  Union  Trust  Co.,  Dearborn  and  Madison  Sts. 


90 


CURLEY,  W.  W.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Mt.  Gilead,  O.,  Jan.  27.  1851;  a.  John  J.  and  Anseville  C.  (Armentrout) 
Gurley;  A.  B.,  Ohio  \Vesleyan  Univ.,  1870;  read  law  in  father's  office;  supt.  pub.  schools  Seville,  O.,  1871-2;  adm. 
to  bar,  June,  1873;  practicing  in  Chicago  since  Sept.,  1874;  largely  engaged  in  corpn.  practice;  gen.  counsel 
for  Chicago  Rys.  Co.,  Chicago  Consolidated  Traction  Co.,Met.\V.  Side  Kleviued  Ry.  Co.,  Featherstone  Foundry 
&  Machine  Co.  and  other  corporations:  dir.  \Vakem  &  McLaughlln,  Inc.,  Stearns  &  Culver  Lumber  Co.,  Lyon 
Cypress  Lumber  Co.,  Baker  Lumber  Co.;  clubs,  L'nion  League,  Chicago,  Exmoor,  Edgewater  Golf,  Chicago 
Golf;  also  Transportation  Club,  New  York  Club,  Ohio  Soe.  of  New  York  (New  York);  office,  Marquette  Bldg. 


91 


McKENNA,  EDWARD  WILLIAM,  vice-pres.  C.,  M.  &  St.  P.  Ry.  Co..  Chicago;  b.  PIttsburg.  Oct.  24.  1848; 
ed.  St.  Vincent's  Coll..  Latrobe.  Pa.:  telegraph  messenger  uncl  operator  Fa.  H.  It..  IMil'  »i4;  served  in  Civil  \V:ir 
in  U.  S.  military  telegraph.  June.  1864-Aug..  1805;  freight  clerk  and  gen.  supt.'s  clerk  P.  C.  &  St.  L.  Ry.;  train 
dispatcher,  1870-1,  supt.  1871-KO  Indianapolis  &  Vinrennes  R.  R.:  supt.  Jeftersonville,  Madison  A-  Indianapolis 
R.  R.,  1880-5;  in  special  service  under  immediate  direction  of  gen.  mgr.  Pa.  lines  west  of  1'ittsburg,  1886-7; 
chief  clerk  to  gen.  mgr.  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  4  W.  R.  R.,  Feb.-June,  1887;  supt.  Prarie  du  Chien  and  Mineral  Point 
div.  C..  M.  &  St.  P.  Ry.  ,1887-8;  supt.  La  Crosse  and  \vis.  Valley  divisions.  I88s-i>;  asst.  gen.  supt.  C.,  M.  & 
St.  P.  R.  R.,  1890-4:  gen.  supt.  East.  dist.  G.  N".  Ry.,  at  St.  Paul.  1894-5;  pres.  McKenna  Steel  Working  Co., 
Joliet,  111.,  1895-1903:  asst.  to  pres.  C..M.  &  St.  P.  R.  R..  Feb.,  1904-Sept.,  15,  1906:  since  vice-pres.  same; 
repub.;  clubs.  South  Shore,  Glen  View.  Chicago.  Chicago  Railway.  Saddle  and  Sirloin  (Chicago),  Kansas  City 
(Kansas  City),  Milwaukee  (Milwaukee),  Minnesota  (St.  Paul);  office,  Ry.  Exchange  Bldg. 


92 


FISH,  WILLISTON,  lawyer,  author,  Chicago:  h.  Berlin  Heights,  O.,  Jan.  15.  1858;  a.  Job  and  Annie  E.  (Pea- 
body)  Fish;  entered  Obrrlln  Coll.,  IS76:  srad.  C.  S.  Military  Academy,  1881;  in  Fourth  U.  S.  Artillery,  1881 
to  1887;  resigned  1887;  with  Crane  Elevator  Co.  as  salesman,  1887  to  1889;  with  South  Chicago  City  Ry.  Co., 
as  assistant  to  president  and  assistant  counsel,  1890  to  1899;  with  Chicago  Union  Traction  Co.,  1899  to  1908; 
assistant  to  president  Chicago  Railways  Co.,  1908  to  1912;  first  vice-president,  general  manager,  director  and 
member  of  executive  committee  or  Chicago  Railways  Company  since  1912;  office,  Borland  Blk. 


93 


REISCH,  GEORGE,  who  gives  his  name  to  the  firm  with  which  he  is  directly  connected,  the  Reisch  Brewing 
Company,  of  Springfield,  was  born  in  that  city  Jan.  3.  1846.  He  is  the  son  of  Franz  and  Susana  (Maurer)  Reisch. 
His  early  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  was  continued  later  by  a  course 
at  the  Illinois  State  University.  He  has  been  in  the  brewing  and  malting  business  all  his  life  and  was  at  one  time 
vice-president  of  the  Illinois  National  Bank  of  Springfield.  His  business  life  has  at  various  times  been  broken  by 
traveling  and  he  has  taken  several  trips  to  Europe  as  well  as  extensive  tours  about  the  American  continent. 
Mr.  Reisch  is  a  democrat.  He  served  as  alderman  for  one  term  and  during  the  four  years  preceding  1.S96  was 
a  member  of  the  Springfield  park  board.  He  is  a  member  o  the  chamber  of  commerce  and  St.  Boniface  Society; 
clubs,  Sangamo,  Mercantile;  office,  Springfield. 


94 


WHEELER,  WILLIAM  <;UY,  assistant  general  counsel  of  the  C.  &  N.  W.  R.  R.,  was  born  In  Janesvillc,  WIs., 
Nov.  11,  1861.  He  Is  the  son  of  Guy  and  Anne  L.  (Snell)  Wheeler.  Receiving  his  education  in  the  high  school 
of  Janesvllle,  he  was  Rlbnqaently  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Wisconsin  and  prat-tired  law  in  Janesvilte  until  I'.KW. 
In  that  year  he  went  to  Milwaukee,  being  retained  to  handle  the  h'Kiil  business  of  the  C.  &  N.  W.  R.  R.  in 
Wisconsin.  Mr.  Wheeler  was  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  of  Rock  county,  Wis.,  during  the  years  1885  and  1886, 
district  attorney  of  the  same  county  from  1890  to  1895,  a  member  of  the  Wisconsin  legislature  from  1897  to 
1899,  and  from  1901  to  1909  U.  S.  district  attorney  for  the  western  district  of  Wisconsin.  Clubs,  Milwaukee, 
Blue  Mount  Country,  Oconomowoc  Country,  Slnislppi  Golf;  office,  226  W.  Jackson  Blvd. 


95 


OHN  MILLARD  ROACH,  street  railway  official,  is  one  of 
the  sons  of  Ohio  who  has  assisted  materially  in  building 
the  Chicago  of  to-day. 

Mr.  Roach  was  born  at  Lowell,  Ohio,  Jan.  30,  1851,  the 
son  of  John  M.  and  Sarah  Ann  (Mackey)  Roach.  He 
received  his  academic  education  at  Beverly  and  Athens,  Ohio.  He  came 
to  Chicago  to  carve  out  his  career  and  his  first  employment  was  in  1872,  as 
a  conductor  on  the  North  Chicago  Street  Railway  line.  He  continued  this 
occupation  for  fifteen  years,  during  which  the  now  obsolete  horse-car  was 
the  means  of  transportation  in  Chicago's  streets. 

In  1887,  Mr.  Roach  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  assistant  superin- 
tendent and  in  1890  he  was  made  superintendent.  He  was  elected  second 
vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  North  Side  line  in  1893,  and  fol- 
lowing the  consolidation  of  the  West  and  North  side  lines,  he  assumed 
wider  duties.  He  was  made  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the 
West  Chicago  Street  Railway  Company  in  1897,  and  president  of  the  Cicero 
&  Proviso  Street  Railway  Company  and  of  the  Suburban  Railway  Company 
in  the  same  year.  He  was  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  Union  Traction 
Company  from  1899  to  1908,  and  president  of  the  Chicago  Consolidated 
Traction  Company  from  1901  to  1910.  He  has  been  president  of  the 
Chicago  Railways  Company,  embracing  all  the  surface  roads  of  the  city, 
since  1908. 

Mr.  Roach  has  been  president  of  the  American  Street  and  Interurban 
Railways  Association.  He  was  chosen  as  the  delegate  of  the  street  railways 
of  the  United  States  to  the  Paris  exposition  but  had  to  decline  the  honor 
because  of  the  press  of  his  official  duties. 

Mr.  Roach  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  Chicago  Golf,  Exmoor 
Country  and  Press  clubs.  His  office  is  at  1165  N.  Clark  St. 


NEWSAM,  RICHARD,  coal  operator,  Peorla;  b.  Lancashire,  Kng., 
Nov.  11,  1843;  s.  John  and  Sarah  (Blakely)  Newsam;  worked  in 
mines  in  England  in  1851;  removed  to  U.  S.  Aue.,  1869;  mine  opera- 
tor since  1874;  pres.  111.  State  Mining  Bd.;  mgr.  111.  mine  rescue 
station;  chairman  mining  Investigating  commission;  mem.  execu- 
tive board  and  scale  committee  111.  Coal  Operators  Assn.;  32nd 
degree  Mason  and  Shrlner;  office,  Woolner  Bldg.,  Peoria,  111. 


LARAM1E,  T.  FRED,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  Ausableforks,  Essex  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Mar.  11,  1867;  s.  Joseph  and  Olive  (Grenier)  Laramie;  ed. 
common  sch!s.:  came  to  Chicago  1891;  grad.  Kent  Coll.  Law  1895; 
adm.  to  bar  1899:  started  Law  Students'  League;  candidate 
ind.  rep.  ticket  for  legislature.  1902;  mem.  K.  P.,  Royal  Arcanum. 
National  Union  and  Modern  Woodmen;  club,  Hamilton;  office, 
Ashland  Blk. 


O'BRIEN,  P.  D.,  captain  of  police,  Chicago;  b.  Peterboro,  Can., 
Aug.  27,  1857;  s.  Patrick  and  Margaret  O'Brien;  ed.  Chi.  pub. 
schts.;  learned  butcher  trade  with  Geo.  \V.  Squire;  then  in  coal  busi- 
ness with  father  and  brother;  entered  police  service  1882  as  patrol- 
man; served  through  ranks  of  desk,  patrol  and  detective  sergeant, 
lieutenant,  captain,  chief  of  detectives,  inspector;  now  captain: 
mem.  Irish  Historical  S«.e.,  K.  ('.,  Chi.  Assn.  of  Commerce,  Police- 
men's Benevolent  Assn.;  club.  Woodlawn  Park;  office,  Clark  St. 
Station. 


VAIL,  CHARLES  WINFIELD,  clerk  of  Cook  county  superior  ct., 
Chicago;  b.  near  Kairbury,  111.,  March  14,  1861;  s.  John  D.  and 
Harriet  A.  (McXulty)  Vail;  ed.  Chi.  pub.  schK  and  bus.  coll.; 
engaged  in  the  mortgage  loan  business  until  1904,  when  elected 
clerk  of  superior  ct.  on  repub.  ticket;  mem.  bd.  dir.  Parting  of  the 
Ways  Home;  trustee.  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  Inst.;  dir.  Commercial 
Loan  &  Trust  Co.;  club.  Hamilton;  office.  County  Bldg. 


JUUL,  NIELS,  lawyer  and  state  sen.,  Chicago;  b.  Denmark;  s.  Niels 
and  Anna  (Kergaard)  Juul;  ed.  Denmark;  LL.  B.,  Chicago  Coll. 
of  Law:  resident  of  Chicago  31  yrs.;  adm.  to  bar  1889:  1907  ap- 
pointed asst.  atty.  Sanitary  dist.  of  Chicago  and  has  since  served 
in  that  capacity;  elected  repub.  state  sen.  from  the  23rd  district 
1898;  re-elected  In  1902-6-10;  club.  Press;  mem.  Royal  League, 
Royal  Arcanum,  National  Union;  Mason;  office,  American  Truet 
Bldg. 


VAN  ARSDALE,  FRED  A.,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Mount  Morris, 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  1,  1867:  s.  William  H.  and  Harriet  (Chilson)  Van 
Arsdale;  ed.  high  schl.  Mount  Morris;  came  to  Chi.  1887;  grad. 
in  medicine  1900:  has  practiced  since;  mem.  A.  F.  &,  A.  M.,  Nat. 
Union;  office,  2258  Wabash  Ave. 


BARNES,  P.  R.,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  on  island  in  Hudson  River 
near  Albany,  N.  V.,  June  5.  1856:  s.  Samuel  and  Kate  (Veer) 
Barnes;  ed.  pub.  schls.;  grad.  State  Normal,  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  18K1; 
LL.  B..  Albany  (N.  Y.)  Law  School  (Union  Coll.),  1885;  became 
teacher,  then  prin.  of  pub.  school,  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  then  of  high 
school.  Mauston,  Wis.;  practiced  law  at  Oshkosh,  1885-90;  since 
1890  in  Chicago;  specialist  in  med.  Jurisprudence  cases  and  lecturer 
on  that  subject  in  med.  colls.;  counsel  for  John  Alexander  Dowie; 
counsel  Cook  Co.  Gardeners'  and  Farmers*  Assn.,  and  of  the 
Northwest  Sanitary  Drainage  Assn.:  Northern  111.  Milk  Pro- 
ducers* Assn.;  mem.  111.  Farmers'  Club;  pres.  Dr.  Thomas  Literary 
and  Social;  pres.  Fed.  of  Improvement  Clubs  Twenty-seventh  Ward 
office,  118  N.  La  Salle  St. 


CHAPMAN.  JOHN  A.,  real  estate,  Chicago:  b.  Chi..  June  29,  1873; 
s.  John  E.  and  Mary  (Adams)  Chapman:  ed.  Univ.  schl.;  Chi..  St. 
Paul's  schl..  Concord,  N.  H..  Princeton  Coll..  class  of  1895;  began 
active  career  with  Fraser  &  Chalmers  Co..  mfrs.  of  mining  ma- 
chinery, 1S93;  became  connected  with  Great  Western  Mfg.  Co.  11$94; 
with  Chi.  Telephone  Co.  1895-8:  began  with  McCormick  interests 
1898,  taking  charge  of  the  Reaper  block  ami  is'.tit  became  identi- 
fied with  the  McCormick  Harvesting  Machine  Co.:  has  had  charge 
of  the  C.  H.  McCormick  estate  real  estate  properties  since  1905; 
dir.  Internal!.  Harvester  Co.;  vice  pres.  and  dir.  Belle  City  Malle- 
able Iron  Co.;  dir.  Ludowici-Celadon  Co.:  "The  Continent," 
W.  K.  Cowan  Co.,  Building  Mgrs.  Assn.;  repub.;  clubs,  Hamilton. 
Saddle  and  Cycle.  Onwentsia;  office,  30  N.  LaSalle  St. 


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CULLERTON,  EDWARD  F.,  alderman,  Chicago;  b.  Oct.  1842. 
Chi.;  s.  Edward  and  Mary  Cullerton;  alderman  1871-1892.  1896 
to  date;  chairman  committee  on  rules,  member  committees  on 
special  assessment,  general  taxation,  schools,  and  local  industries; 
office.  Reaper  Blk. 


DANISCH,  FRANK  P.,  lawyer  and  alderman  llth  ward,  Chicago; 
b.  Chicago,  Sept.  22.  1873;  s.  Florian  and  Caroline  iKzepczyk) 
Daufsch:  ed.  St.  Adalberts  and  pub.  sdils.  Chi.:  Coll.  of  Law; 
elk.  in  justice  courts,  1890-96;  reporter  Chicago  Record,  1896-7; 
editor  Polish  Weekly  Sztandar  and  Monthly  Maguzine  Sztandar, 
1897-1900;  lawyer  since  1890:  democrat  candidate  for  municipal 
court  judge,  primary,  1907;  elected  alderman  1910;  pres.  Polish 
Young  Men's  Alliance  of  Am.;  pres.  Citizens'  club  llth  ward; 
mem.  Polish  Xat.  Alliance,  Polish  Roman  Catholic  Union,  Polish 
Mechanics  and  Indust.  Soc.,  K.  C.,  R.  A.,  and  dem.  nominee  clerk 
of  municipal  court  1912;  office.  City  Hall  Square  Bldg. 


KEIRNAN.  THOMAS  FRANCIS,  asst.  supt.  water  pipe  extension 
dlv.,  dept.  of  public  works.  Chicago;  b.  Ireland,  Mar.  1,  1860;  s. 
Bernard  and  Mary  (Smith)  Keirnan;  ed.  pub.  schls.  and  commer- 
cial coll.,  Boston;  traveling  salesman  for  Westminster  Mfg.  Co., 
Providence,  R.  I.,  wholesale  plumbing  supplies;  then  with  Good- 
year Rubber  Co.,  New  York;  later  In  transportation  and  law  depts. 
C.  C.  Ry.  Co.;  letter  carrier,  Chicago,  nrst  term  Cleveland  ad- 
ministration; appt.  present  position  1897;  mem.  Royal  League; 
office,  City  Hall. 


WEISSKOPF,  MAX  A.,  physician  and  surgeon;  b.  Chicago,  Aug. 
12,  1874;  s.  Adolf  and  Kmma  (Han.sky)  \Veisskopf;  ed.  Throop 
schl.;  grad.  West  DIv.  high  schl.,  1893,  and  Rush  Med.  Coll.,  1896; 
inspector  house  of  correction;  mem.  of  Masonic  order.  Elks,  B'nai 
B'rlth,  Heptasophs,  K.  P.,  and  Modern  Woodmen;  office  1914  S. 
Ashland  Ave. 


CHESROWN,  MERVIN  M.,  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Jeromeville, 
O.,  Dec.  18. 1866;  s.  Wesley  and  Lucetta  Chcsrown;  ed.  Jeromeville, 
O..  and  Olney,  111.  pub.  schls.;  taught  schl.  Olney.  111.1  1889-90; 
elk.  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co.  1891;  1891-4.  secty.  to  i,en. 
mgr.  World's  Fair;  with  Thos.  Kelly  &  Co.,  1894-5;  since  1895 
in  real  estate;  mem.  R.  L.,  M.  W.  A.;  club,  I.  A.  C.;  office.  Steger 
Bldg. 


KLEEMAN,  BENTON  F.,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  June  11,  1868;  s. 
Reinhold  K.  and  Louisa  M.  (Schuler)  Kleeman;  ed.  pub.  schls. 
Mich.;  grad.  Kent  Coll.  of  Law,  1896;  post-grad.  1897;  telegraph 
operator,  1884-8;  with  brother,  Alvin  P..  in  hardware  business, 
Chi.,  isss  '.Mi:  adm.  bar  1896,  and  since  in  law  practice;  rep.  In 
III.  Genl.  Assembly  for  13th  senatorial  dist.  43rd,  44th,  46th,  and 
47 Ih  assemblies;  candidate  for  election:  mem.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  R.  A. 
M..  K.  T.,  Mi-diiiah  Temple  A.  A.  <>.  X.  M.  S..  K.  P.,  P.  O.  S. 
of  A.;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


MOODY.  CHARLES  H.,  manufacturer  of  pies.  Chicago:  b.  Chi- 
cago, Feb.  26,  1867;  s.  Alexander  and  Ellen  (Harkin)  Moody; 
ed.  Mich.  Mil.  Acad.,  pub.  schls.  of  Chicago  and  bus.  coll.;  In 
1SS3  went  into  business  with  Moody  &  Waters,  pic  mfrs.,  founded 
by  his  father,  and  C.  K.  Waters  in  1869;  succeeded  his  father  and 
brother  (William  J.)  as  pres.  of  Moody  &  Waters  Co.,  1898:  mem. 
Royal  Arcanum;  club,  Illinois;  office,  1107  W.  Congress  St. 


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TAYLOR,  HOWARD  SINGLETON,  election  commissioner,  Chi- 
cago; b.  Staunton,  Va.,  1847;  grad.  Burlington  Coll.  and  Cincinnati 
LawSchl.;  member  of  111.  bar  since  1883;  chief  prosecuting  atty.  for 
Chicago  from  1897  to  1907;  has  been  a  lecturer  and  poet,  some  of 
his  best-known  productions  being  "The  Man  with  the  Musket." 
"The  Soldier  of  Peace, "  "Jackson  Day. "  "The  Creed  of  the  Flag, " 
"What  Would  Lincoln  Say?"  and  "The  War  widow";  office.  City 
Hall. 


BUXTON,  THOMAS  CHARLES,  physician  and  county  coroner, 
Decatur;  b.  Benton  Co.,  Ark.,  Feb.  18,  1875;  s.  Mills  and  Martha 
(Mason)  Buxton;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Macon  Co.,  111.;  Western  Normal 
schl.  1896;  medical  schl.  1904;  att.  St.  Louis  law  schl.  2  years; 
practiced  medicine  6  yrs.;  lecturer  in  Am.  Coll.  of  Medicine,  St. 
Louis;  publisher  of  The  Coroner;  author  of  Secret  Haunt  of  the 
Exile,  Blind  Minister,  111.  Flora;  elected  coroner  1904,  re-elected 
1908;  repub.;  organized  Coroners  Assn.  of  111.;  mem.  I.  O.  O.  F., 
Red  Men,  Sons  of  Veterans,  K.  P..  Modern  Woodmen,  and  others; 
office,  Decatur. 


BELASCO,  DANIEL,  lawyer,  Chicago;  n.  Philadelphia,  l*a.,  April 
23.  1878;  s.  Isaac  D.  and  Annie  (Jacobs)  Belasco;  ed.  pub.  schls. 
London,  Eng.,  Boston,  Mass.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  Chicago; 
LL.  B.  Chicago  Coll.  of  Law,  1899;  resident  of  Chicago  since  1892; 
worked  for  law  firms  until  admitted  to  bar  of  Supreme  court  III. 
<  )et.  14,  ISillt;  since  engaged  in  gen.  practice;  mern.  firm  of  Johnson 
A  Belascn  .since  ]i)0.r>:  mem.  Art  Inst.  of  Chicago,  Royal  Arcanum, 
I.  A.  C.;  office,  179  W.  Washington  St. 


BEITLER,  HENRY  CLAY,  Judge  of  municipal  court,  Chicago;  b. 
near  Hagerstown,  Md.,  July  1,  isr.ii;  .s.  Samuel  j.  and  Catharine 
Beitler;  ed.  Washington  Co.  high  schl.,  Hagerstown;  LL.  B.  1888 
Univ.  of  Mich.;  adm.  bar  May,  1888;  practiced  at  Hagerstown 
18  months;  removed  to  Chicago  1890;  mem.  III.  legislature,  several 
terms  from  1S!)S;  now  judge  municipal  court  of  Chicago  for  term 
expiring  1914;  repub.;  mem.  111.  Comm.  to  Louisiana  Purchase 
Expn.;  office.  City  Hall. 


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NOVAK,  FRANK  H.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Nov.  26,  1863;  s.  Frank 
and  Barbara  (Hyekj  Novak:  attended  Iowa  City  Acad.,  18S5;  la. 
State  Univ..  I.L.  B.  1889;  practiced  law  at  Iowa  City,  la.,  1889-93, 
and  Chi.  from  1893  to  present  date;  vice  pres.  and  dlr.  State  Bank 
of  West  Pullman  since  1899;  served  in  Iowa  state  militia  from  1885 
to  1893;  mem.  Chi.  Bar  Assn.,  K.  C.,  N.  A.  U.;  club,  Hawkeve 
office,  69  W.  Washington  St. 


WALSH,  FRANK  J.,  clerk  of  criminal  court,  C'ook  Co.,  Chicago. 
b.  Chicago  Feb.  11,  1877:  ed.  pub.  schls.  Chi.;  accountant  with 
C.  &  E.  I.  R.  R.  Co.,  1893-1901,  with  C.  &  A.  R.  R.  Co.,  1901-3; 
teller  of  U.  S.  subtreasury  1903-10;  nominated  to  present  position 
In  Sept.,  and  elected  in  Nov.,  1910;  democrat;  office.  Criminal 
Court  Bldg, 


HADERLEIN,  JOHN,  alderman,  Chicago;  b.  Germany.  March 
25,  1867:  cd.  pub.  schls.  Germany  and  evening  schls.  U.  S.;  re- 
moved to  Chicago  1886  and  began  as  lineman  for  L.  S.  &  M.  S. 
R.  R.;  later  entered  employ  of  Wacker  &  Blrk,  brewers;  soon 
after  In  own  buffet  and  restaurant  business,  which  he  has  con- 
ducted twenty-two  years;  supt.  of  24th  ward,  appointed  by  Mayor 
Dunne;  elected  aid.  same  ward,  1010,  and  Iiil2:  dcm.;  mem.  Arion 
and  WIndthorst  Maennerchors;  office,  1901  Wellington  Ave. 


GREIN.  JOSEPH,  gen.  agl.  Xew  York  Life  Insurance  Co.,  Chi- 
cago; b.  Chicago.  May  2,  1873;  s  Bernard  and  Mary  (Daniels) 
Grein;  ed.  St.  Boniface  parochial  schl.  and  pub.  schls.  Chi.;  letter 
carrier  2  yrs.;  restaurant  and  buffet  business  10  yrs.;  dem.;  appt. 
chief  deputy  bailiff  hy  the  late  Sheriff  T.  E.  Barrett;  elect- 
ed mem.  44th  gen.  assembly;  appt.  city  sealer  by  Mayor  E.  F. 
Dunne:  candidate  fur  nomination  of  bailiff  of  municipal  ct.  1912; 
mem.  Chi.  Schuetzen  Verein.  I'huuieiilsche  Glide.  United  Soc. 
Political  Action  Com.,  German-Am.  Cook  Co.  Democracy  (treas.) ; 
K.  P.;  club,  German  Press:  office,  1942  W.  Chicago  Ave. 


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LUCAS,  HUGH  L.,  supt.  city  water  pipe  extensions,  Chicago;  b. 
Nov.  8,  1864;  s.  Daslll  R.  and  Mary  E.  (Langley)  Lucas;  ed.  pub. 
schls.  and  W.  Des  Molnea,  la.,  high  schl.:  clerk  Des  Moines  post- 
office  1K83-89;  clerk  Western  Publishing  Co.  1889-90;  clerk  Pull- 
man Co.  1890-1907  (chief  clerk  Pullman  shops  1899  1907);  supt. 
water  pipe  ext.  since  1907;  mem.  repub.  com.  Cook  Co.  1904-08; 
A  F.  &  A.  M.;  clubs,  Pullman,  West  Pullman  Country;  office, 
City  Hall. 


ANDERSON,  JOHN  ALFRED,  merchant  tailor,  Moline,  111.;  b. 
Oslergotland,  Sweden,  May  18,  1856;  s.  Alfred  and  Anna  (Johnson) 
Anderson;  came  to  U.  S.,  1868:  ed.  Moline  pub.  schls.  and  busi- 
ness coll.;  vice-pres.  Trl-Clty  Merchant  Tailors'  Assn.,  Chicago 
Custom  Cutters'  Assn.  and  International  Custom  Cutters'  Assn.; 
mem.  Sixth  Regt.,  I.  N.  G.,  and  Naval  Reserve  band;  Mason, 
and  Modern  Woodman;  office,  314  Fifteenth  St.,  Mollne,  111. 


MENDEL,  JOSEPH,  florist,  Chicago;  b.  Bohemia,  Mar.  11.  1876; 
s.  Frank  Mendel;  ed.  pub.  schls.;  since  1902,  florist,  previous  to  that 
date  shoe  designer;  elected  Cook  Co.  commr,  1910;  democrat;  mem- 
ber Masons  of  Blue  Lodge  chapt.,  K.  T.,  Shrlner,  Nat.  Union, 
Columbian  Knights.  Royal  League,  Bohemian  Turners;  clubs. 
White  Feather  Indians.  Black  Bass.  Dobrovsky;  office,  1424  W. 
18th  St. 


PUTNEY,  ALBERT  HUTCHINSON.  lawyer  and  author,  Chlrago: 
b.  Bust  on,  Mas*.,  Sept.  2s.  1X72;  s.  Albert  T.  and  Sarah  II.  (Abbott) 
Putney;  A.  B.  Yale,  1893:  LL.  B.  Boston  Univ.,  1895;  practiced 
law  In  Boston,  1895-98;  in  Chicago  since  that  year;  prof,  since 
1900  of  III.  Coll.  of  Law,  and  dean  Illinois  Coll.  of  Law  since  1904; 
author:  Government  In  United  States,  published  by  U.  S.  govern- 
ment for  use  as  text  book  in  public  schls.  in  Philippines;  also  U.  S. 
Constitutional  History  and  Law,  Law  Library,  twelve  vols.; 
Currency,  Banking  and  Exchange.  Bar  Examinations  Review  and 
other  legal  works;  mem.  South  Shore  and  Press  clubs  and  Cook 
County  Democracy;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


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EN.  SMITH  D.  ATKINS,  postmaster  of  the  city  of  Freeport, 
111.,  for  more  than  forty  years,  and  editor  of  the  Freeport 
Journal  for  many  years,  was  born  near  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  June  9, 
1836.  He  was  a  lad  of  ten  years  when  he  came  to  Illinois 
with  his  father's  family,  their  home  being  established  on  a 
farm,  where  he  continued  until  1850.  He  then  determined  to  learn  the 
printer's  trade,  and  to  this  end  entered  the  office  of  the  Prairie  Democrat, 
the  first  newspaper  of  Freeport.  Realizing  the  value  of  and  ambitious  to 
secure  an  education,  he  pursued  a  course  of  study  in  the  Rock  River  Sem- 
inary at  Mt.  Morris,  111.,  working  in  the  printing  office  and  studying  during 
his  leisure  hours.  In  1852,  while  yet  a  student,  he  was  appointed  foreman 
of  the  Mt.  Morris  Gazette,  and  in  June,  1853,  in  connection  with  C.  C.  Allen, 
he  purchased  the  paper  and  also  established  the  Register  at  Savannah, 
Carroll  county.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  became  a  law  student  under 
the  direction  of  Hiram  Bright,  of  Freeport,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
June  27,  1855.  Following  his  admission  General  Atkins  continued  to  read 
law  for  some  time  in  the  office  of  Goodrich  &  Scoville,  of  Chicago,  and  then 
entered  upon  active  practice  in  Freeport  Sept.  1,  1856. 

Interested  in  the  important  questions  which  were  arousing  the  atten- 
tion of  the  nation,  in  1860  he  made  a  spirited  canvass  in  support  of  Abraham 
Lincoln  and  the  address  which  he  made  during  the  campaign  and  which 
was  a  careful  and  thorough  review  of  the  Dred  Scott  decision  was  published 
and  went  through  several  editions.  In  that  year  he  was  elected  as  state's 
attorney  for  the  fourteenth  judicial  circuit.  He  was  in  the  midst  of  a 
trial  of  a  criminal  case  in  the  Stephenson  circuit  court  when  a  telegram  was 
received  that  President  Lincoln  had  issued  his  first  call  for  troops.  Gen- 
eral Atkins  had  watched  with  interest  the  progress  of  events  in  the  South 
and  his  soul  was  stirred  to  its  depths  by  the  rebellious  attitude  of  the 
Confederacy.  Before  leaving  the  court  room  he  drafted  an  enlistment 
roll  which  he  headed  with  his  own  name,  thus  being  the  first  man  to  enlist 
as  a  private  soldier  in  Stephenson  county.  His  war  record  was  brilliant. 
He  was  brevetted  brigadier-general  for  gallantry  and  was  assigned  to  duty 
under  commission  as  brevet  brigadier  general  by  special  order  of  President 
Lincoln.  He  commanded  a  brigade  of  cavalry  during  Sherman's  campaign 
in  the  Carolinas  and  at  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  mustered  out, 
he  was  brevetted  major-general. 


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KEEP,  CHAUNCEY.  mfr.  and  capitalist,  Chicago:  b.  Whitewater,  \Vis..  A  up.  20,  1853;  s.  Henry  and  Phebe 
(McCluer)  Keep;  ed.  pub  schools,  Chicago:  identified  with  numerous  large  interests;  dir.  Chicago  Telephone 
Co.,  III.  Trust  A-  Suviiu's  Hank,  Merchants  Loan  &  Trust  Co..  the  Pullman  Co..  C.  &  X.  W.  Ry.  Co.,  North- 
western Elevated  R.  R.  Co.;  trustee  New  York  Trust  Co..  U.  S.  Trust  Co.  of  New  York,  etf.;  trustee  estate  of 
Marshall  Field;  repub.;  mem.  Chicago  Hist.Soc.;  clubs,  Chicago,  Union  Leagu.1.  Oir.vcntslu.  Chi.  Golf,  Com- 
mercial, Chi.  Literary.  University  (Chi.).  Railroad  (N.  Y.);  offlce.  Merchants  Loan  &  Trust  BldR. 


KELLY,  JAMES  J.,  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Chicago,  March  21 ,  1871.  He  is  the  son  of  Thomas  anrt  Ellen 
(Stapleton)  Kelly.  Mr.  Kelly  received  his  education  In  the  public  schools  of  Chicago  and  in  the  law  depart- 
ment of  Northwestern  University.  He  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Illinois  bar  in  189:1,  engaging  in  general 
practice  and  becoming  the  attorney  for  several  large  corporations.  In  politics  he  is  u  democrat,  and  has  been 
a  member  of  the  state  central  committee  from  the  second  congressional  district  for  eight  years.  In  1913  he 
was  a  candidate  for  the  nomination  Tor  state's  attorney  of  Cook  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  and 
Chicago  Bar  associations.  Knights  of  Columbus,  Royal  League.  Royal'  Arcanum.  C.  O.  F..  and  many  other 
organizations:  club,  I.  A.  C.:  office.  69  W.  Washington  St. 


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SCOTT,  FRANK  HAMMNE,  lawyer.  Chicago;  l>.  Tiplon,  la.,  Jan.  1,  1857:  s.  Washington  and  Amelia  (Kline) 
Scott;  ed.  pub-  schools  of  III.,  Northwestern  I'nlv..  A.  M.,  1876:  I'nfon  Coll.  of  Law,  Chicaso.  LL.  B.,  1H78; 
engaged  in  general  practice  of  law  in  Chicago  since,  1878:  now  spnior  mem.  of  law  flrm  of  Scott.  Bancroft  & 
Stephens;  specializes  largely  in  corpn.  law;  mem.  Am..  III.  and  Chicago  Bar  assiis.,  C'hicago  Hi3t.  Soc.:  clubs. 
Chicago.  1'nion  League,  Chicago  Literary,  rnlverslty.  Onwentsia,  C;ity,  I,aw.  Cliff  Uwelli-r^':  offlce.  C'orn 
Kxchange  Bank  Bids. 


SMALL,  LEN,  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States  at  Chicago,  was  born  in  Kankakee,  III.,  June  16.  1862. 
He  attended  Kankakee  public  schools  and  Valparaiso  Normal  school.  Valparaiso.  Ind.,  after  which  he  taught 
school  for  two  years.  He  has  been  a  farmer  all  his  life  and  now  resides  on  his  farm  adjoining  Kunkakee  city. 
At  the  age  or  21  he  was  elected  secretary  of  niinois  Horticultural  Society,  served  two  terms  as  a  member  of  the 
state  board  of  agriculture.  He  has  been  secretary  of  the  Kankakee  District  Fair  Association  for  twenty  years. 
Hi?  first  public  service  was  as  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  of  Kankakee  county.  He  was  appointed  by  Gov.  John  R. 
Tanner  trustee  of  the  Illinois  Kastern  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  and  served  as  president  of  that  institution  for 
eight  years.  He  was  elected  on  the  republican  ticket  to  the  Illinois  senate  in  1S96.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
term  he  was  elected  state  treasurer.  He  was  appointed  assistant  treasurer  of  the  I'nited  States  at  Chicago  by 
President  Taft  in  July.  1910.  He  is  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Kankakee  Mr.  Small  ha=  served 
the  republican  party  as  a  member  of  the  county,  state  and  district  committees,  and  was  a  presidential  elector 
from  his  district  in  190S.  He  was  a  candidate  for  the  republican  nomination  for  governor  In  1912.  Residence, 
Kankakee;  offices.  Kankakee  and  Federal  Bldg..  Chicago. 


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OTIS,  JOSEPH  EDWARD,  banker.  Chicane;  b.  Chicago.  Mar.  5,  1867;  s.  Joseph  Edward  and  Maria  (Taylor) 
Otis;  ed.  Harvard  schl.,  Chicago;  Phillips  Acad.,  Andover,  Mass.,  and  Sheffield  Scientific  school.  Vale  Univ.; 
started  in  business  with  Edwin  Head  in  iss'.i;  real  estate  and  renting;  in  1890  partner  in  flrrn  of  Joseph  R.  Put- 
nam &  Co.,  same  business;  In  1892.  father's  health  failing,  took  charge  of  his  affairs;  while  with  him  joined 
Charles  H.  Wilcox  and  FriMierirk  S.  Whct-ler  in  eslablishtng  (ircat  Western  Tin  Plate  Co.  at  JoHet.  111.,  of  which 
was  pres.  until  It  was  sold  to  the  Am.  Tin  Plate  Co.  in  1S'.»7:  went  into  stock  brokerage  business  with  Charles 
H.  Wilcox,  under  flrm  name  of  Otis.  Wilcox  &  Co.,  H.  W.  Buckingham,  also  being  a  partner;  in  1900  Walter  H. 
Wilson  bought  Interest  of  Mr.  Wilcox,  ttnn  changing  to  Otis,  Wilson  &  Co.,  and  the  business  was  changed  to 

Srivate  banking,  Kalph  C.  Otis  (brother)  becoming  a  partner;  business  consolidated  with  Western  State  Hank, 
uly  1,  HHCi,  under  name  of  Western  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  of  which  has  since  been  pres.;  with  assistance  of 
brother.  Ralph  C*..  organized.  11102.  the  Chicago  Savings  Hank:  repub.;  clubs,  Chicago.  Calumet,  University, 
Commercial.  Saddle  and  Cycle,  Onwentsla,  Union  League;  office.  The  Rookery. 


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BROWN,  JOHN  S.,  manufacturer,  Monmouth;  b.  Monmouth,  111..  Oct.  14,  1873;  s.  John  and  Martha 
Bennett  (Pittenger)  Brown;  att.  Monmouth  pub.  sehls.  and  Monmouth  Coll.:  helped  organize  Monmouth  Plow 
Co.:  elected  first  prea.,  Jan.,  1902;  held  office  until  above  company  was  purchased  by  Monmouth  Plow  Factory. 
Oct.  12,  1910:  elected  pres.  of  new  organization  and  holds  same  at  present  time:  pres.  Monmouth  Hosp.  Assn., 
pres.  Monmouth  li:isehall  Assn.;  mem.  board  of  dir.  2d  Nat.  Bank:  mayor  of  Monmouth  1907  to  1911:  mem. 
repub.  .senatorial  com.  32d  dist.;  rcpub.  nominee  state  senator  from  the  H:id  dist.,  lillli;  enlisted  in  Co.  H,  (1th 
Infty.  III.  N.G..  Apr.,  1899;elected  2d  lleut.  Sept..  ISWt:  elected  1st  lieut.  Oct..  1902;  apiHiinted  halt.  adjt.  Istbatt. 
6th  Infty.,  May,  19()">:  appointed  1st  lleut.  A.  D.  C..  3d  brig..  July,  1908;  appointed  maj.  corny.,  July.  1909,  and 
attached  to  the  3d  brig.  I.  N.  G.;  clubs,  Monmouth  Country.  Hamilton  and  C.  A.  A.  (Chicago);  mem.  K.  P. 
Past  Exalted  Ruler  B.  P.  O.  K.;  office,  2d  Nat.  Bank  Bldg.,  Monmouth.  III. 


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ZIMMER,  MICHAEL,  sheriff  of  Cook  county,  was  born  in  Palos  township.  Cook  county.  May  26,  1864,  and 
is  the  son  of  Peter  T.  and  Catherine  (Blrren)  Zimmer.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  this  city,  and 
at  an  early  age  began  work  with  the  McCormlek  Harvester  Company,  when1  he  remained  for  many  years. 
After  leaving  that  concern  he  WHS  employed  for  a  time  by  the  Story  &  Clark  Organ  Company.  In  1893  he 
eiiKUKed  in  the  yrurery  business,  hut  in  1WM>  sold  out  and  commenced  the  insurance  business.  He  is  thus  engaged 
at  the  present  time.  In  1899,  having  taken  much  interest  In  local  politics  and  having  become  prominent  in 
ward  affairs,  he  was  elected  to  the  city  council  from  the  10th  ward.  After  he  had  served  four  months,  his 
seat  was  contested,  and  he  was  unseated.  In  April,  1901,  he  was  elected  from  the  12th  ward,  and  served  until 
November,  1910,  when  he  was  elected  sheriff;  he  is  a  democrat.  He  was  chairman  of  the  school  committee 
of  the  council  for  five  years,  and  was  a  member  of  the  committee  <m  track  elevation  for  two  years.  He  also 
served  for  six  years  as  a  member  of  the  nuance  committee  and  for  three  years  as  a  member  of  the  committee  on 
local  transportation.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  National  Union,  and  Iroquois  Club;  office, 
County  B!dg. 


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BRADT,  CHARLES  E.,  manufacturer,  DeKalb;  b.  Gloversvllle, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  27,  1852;  s.  Andrew  and  Amy  A.  (Sweet)  Bradt;  ed. 
DeKalb  and  Evanston;  has  been  mfr.  and  Jobber  of  gloves  since 
1872  as  mem.  firm  Bradt  &  Shipman;  vice  pres.  Commercial  Trust 
&  Savings  Bank,  dlr.  1st  Nat.  Bank;  mayor  of  DeKalb  second 
term;  mem.  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  B.  P.  O.  E.,  K.  P.;  ;dub,  Hamilton 
(Chi.);  office,  DeKalb. 


WAGNER,  CARL  B.,  physician  and  surgeon,  Chicago;  b.  Germany, 
May  8,  1876;  ed.  (M.  D.)  111.  Medical  Coll.,  M.  D..  Loyola  Univ.; 
specialist  in  ophthalmology  in  Buffalo,  X.  Y.,  1894-7,  Detroit, 
Mich.,  1898-1904,  Chi.  to  present  time;  mem.  consulting  staff 
Cook  Co.  hosp.,  mem.  faculties  of  Bennet  Medical  Coll.  and  Eye, 
Ear.  Nose  and  Throat  Coll.;  office.  31  N.  State  St. 


TRAINOR,   JOHN   C.,    lawyer,    Chicago;    b.    Watcrtown,    N.    Y.. 

May  18,  1858;  s.  James  and  Catherine  (McFarland)  Trainer; 
ed.  grammar  and  high  schls.,  Watertown:  adm.  to  N.  Y.  bar  1882; 
came  to  Chi.  and  adm.  III.  bar  same  year;  has  remained  In  active 
practice  since;  repub.;  office,  138  N.  La  Salle  St.  ' 


WEBSTER.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON,  physician,  Chicago;  b. 
Winneshiek  Co.,  la.,  July  4,  1857;  s.  William  and  Mary  Ann  (Todd) 
Webster;  ed.  Breckenridge's  prep,  schl.,  Decorah,  la.;  M.  D.,  N.  W. 
Univ.  1HS2;  prurtfriiiK  medicine  ( 'hicat-'n.  since  ]*!S2;  prof,  phys 
iology,  1885.  and  later  of  physical  diagnosis  until  1904;  prof.  clln. 
medicine  since  1895,  N.  W.  Univ.;  pres.  III.  state  bd.  health  since 
1900;  appt.  1st  It.  U.  S.  A.  Med.  Reserve  Corps.  Feb.,  1911;  mem. 
Chi.  Acad.  Sciences,  A.  M.  A.,  111.  State  Medicine  Soc..  Chi.  Med. 
Soc.,  Physicians'  Club,  N.  E.  A.;  repub.;  Mason  (K.  T.);  clubs. 
Chi.  Literary,  C.  A.  A..  Homewood,  Country.  Social  Service,  City; 
office.  32  N.  State  St. 


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WAGNER,  I  M  II  W.,  grain  and  stock  broker,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago, 
Sept.  2,  1864;  s.  Dr.  William  and  Matilda  (Brentano)  Wagner;  ed. 
Germany;  1KH7  engUBd  in  srain  eonunlaatOD  business  under  name 
E.  W.  Wagner  A  Co.;  mem.  Chicago  Bd.  of  Trade  (dlr.  1903-6); 
Chicago  Stock  Kxchange;  clubs,  C.  A.  A.,  Germanla  Maennerchor 
and  Traffic;  office.  Board  of  Trade. 


WALKER,  EDWIN  K..  judge  of  municipal  court,  Chicago;  b.  Mason 
Co.,  111.,  1866;  s.  Henry  C.  and  Harriet  (Dohoney)  Walker;  ed. 
Lincoln  (III.)  Univ.  and  N.  W.  Univ.  Law  schl.;  adm.  to  III.  bar 
1892  and  practiced  in  Chicago;  elected  mem.  bd.  of  co.  commrs 
1900,  re-elected  1902,  and  1904  (chm.  finance  com.,  chm.  special 
com.  of  commrs.  and  citizens  to  remodel  co.  Institutions  and  in 
charge  of  building  of  same);  elected  judge  of  municipal  ct.,  1906; 
repub.;  Mason,  R.  L.,  North  Am.  Union;  clubs,  Hamilton,  City, 
Woodlawn  Park;  office.  City  Hall. 


McINERNEY,  JAMES,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Oct.  16,  1864; 
s.  James  and  Bridget  (Bennett)  Mclnerney;  ed.  parochial  and  pri- 
vate night  schls.,  and  Chicago-Kent  Coll.  of  Law;  adm.  111. 
bar  and  engaged  in  gen.  practice  in  Fort  Dearborn  Bldg.;  appt. 
prosecuting  atty.  in  law  dept.  of  the  City  of  Chicago  by  Mayor 
Harrison,  1911;  mem.  C.  O.  F.,  County  Democracy;  club,  Irish 
Fellowship;  office,  City  Hall. 


BODDINGHOUSE,    RICHARD   WILLIAM,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b. 

July  IS.  iSfii),  Hingt'iibt-rt,'.  Khinc  province.  Prussia:  s.  William  and 
Wilhemina  (Sclmittert)  BodtBngbOOH;  ed.  Dr.  Zahn's'Inst.,  Field, 
Rhenish  Prussia;  gymnasium  at  Berlin;  attended  law  lectures 
Berlin  and  Bonn;  LL.  B.,  Lake  Forest  Univ.,  1896:  adm.  III.  bar, 
1896;  with  Chicago  Title  and  Trust  Co.  and  its  predecessor  since 
1889;  chief  examiner  since  1906;  prof,  law  of  real  property  in  Chl- 
ago,  Kent  Coll.  of  Law,  since  1907;  pres.  Wilmette  pub.  library 
since  1902;  mem.  New  Trier  high  schl.,  bd.  of  ed.,  1903-09; 
mem.  111.  State  Bar  Assn.,  Nat.  Union  of  America  and  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America;  res.,  Wilmette;  office,  69  West  Washington 


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CLARKSON,  CHESTER  DeWITT,  proprietor  steam  laundry,  Pe- 
oria;  b.  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  4,  1871;  s.  Francis  and  Morgiana  (Cole) 
Clarksoti:  grad.  Peorla  high  schl.  1890:  has  been  20  yrs.  in  laundry 
business;  elected  alderman  in  Peorla  1910;  mem.  A.  F.  <fe  A.  M.; 
address,  Fulton  and  Monroe  Sts.,  Peorla. 


MAHONEY,  JOHN  A.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Janesvllle,  Wis.,  Nov. 
29,  1861:  s.  James  and  Julia  (Murphy)  Mahoney;  ed.  St.  Patrick's 
and  high  schls.,  Janesvllle:  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  20  yrs.;  for 
the  past  6  yrs.  has  practiced  law;  delegate  to  democratic  nat. 
conv.  at  Kansas  City,  1904;  nominated  for  judge  of  municipal  ct. 
190fi.  190K  and  1912:  mem.  Wis.  N.  G..  K.  C.,  N.  A.  r.:  office.  69 
W.  Washington  St. 


ROSSITER.  EDGAR  A.,  civil  engineer  and  county  surveyor.  Chi- 
cago: b.  Chicago,  Sept.  21,  1871;  s.  Fred  C.  and  Lucy  M.  (Claflin) 
Rossi ter;  ed.  grammar  and  high  schls.;  began  surveying  with 
father;  employed  by  North  Shore  park  dlst.  two  years;  mining 
engr.  in  Colorado;  ten  years  on  tunnel  work  for  city  of  Chicago: 
had  charge  of  rebuilding  Lake  View  crib,  lowering  Washington 
st.  tunnel  and  other  water  tunnels  in  Chicago;  in  charge  of  de- 
sign and  construction  of  concrete  and  other  bridges  in  Cook  and 
other  counties:  engr.  of  several  villages  in  Cook  county;  organized 
and  served  as  pres.  of  State  County  Surveyors'  Assn.  of  III.;  pres. 
Central  Indiana  Water,  Light  and  Power  Co.  of  Pulaski  and  White 
counties,  Ind.;  office,  1020  County  Bldg. 


GUNTHER.  CHARLES  FREDERICK,  candy  rnfr.,  Chicago;  b. 
Wildberg.  Wurtemberg.  Ger.,  March  6,  1837:  s.  John  M.  and  Murie 
F.  Gunther;  came  to  V.  S..-  1842:  served  in  the  Civil  War 
in  Confederate  navy;  1863-8  commercial  traveler:  18(58  began  the 
mfg.  of  confectionery  in  Chicago  and  is  now  pres.  of  Gunther 
Confection  &  Chocolate  Co.  and  of  the  Coliseum  Co.;  mem.  Chi- 
cago city  council  two  terms  and  city  treas,  1901-5;  Mason;  trustee 
Chicago  Historical  Assn..  Chicago  Acad.  of  Sciences:  governing 
mem.  Art  Inst.;  mem.  Chicago  Assn.  of  Commerce  and  nat.  and 
state  geographical  socs.;  clubs.  I'nion  League,  Aviator  Soc.. 
Southern,  Alliance  Francafse.  I.  A.  C.,  Iroquols  (ex-pres.),  Ger- 
manla  Maennerchor,  Caxton,  Numismatic.  South  Shore;  office. 
Majestic  Theater  Bldg. 


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HUENING,  FRANK  T.,  lawyer,  asst.  corporation  counsel,  Chicago; 
b.  Waterford.  Wis..  June  9,  1875;  s.  William  and  Adelhcld  Huening: 
ed.  Rochester  Acad.,  Wis.  I'niv.  and  Chicago  Kent  Coll.  of  Law; 
six  years  mem.  Second  Reg.,  I.  X.  G.;  did  active  duty  in  1908  in 
Springfield  riot:  winner  Sharpshooters'  gold  medal  1903;  mom. 
C.  ().  F.  and  past  chief  ranger;  was  appointed  to  present  position 
May,  1911;  office,  City  Hall. 


MOORE  JOHN  ROBERT,  lawyer,  Kewanec;  b.  Kewunee,  July 
1,  1871;  s.  John  and  Algenette  (Merritt)  Moore;  ed.  Kewanee  pub. 
schls.,  Knox  Coll.;  grad.  t'niv.  of  Mich.  Law.  1896;  learned  trade 
of  pattern  cutter  and  sheet  metal  worker,  practiced  law  in  Chi. 
under  Lorin  C.  Collins  and  Wm.  Meade  Fletcher,  1896-7;  since 
then  in  Kewanee;  repub.;  mem.  47th  pen.  assembly  for  37th  sena- 
torial III.  (list.;  Mason.  Klk,  Ked  Men;  club,  Kewanee;  office. 


EYMAN,  FRANK  P..  ry.  official,  Chicago;  b.  Kalrneld  Co.,  O..  Oct. 
5,  1856;  s.  Henry  B.  and  Mary  A.  (Baker)  Kyman;  ed.  Fafrfleld 
Vnion  Acad..  and  1  year  in  Oberlin  (O.)  Coll.;  began  ry.  service 
as  agent  and  operator  B.  A  <).  R.  R.,  1874;  cashier  and  agent.  D. 
&  R.  O.  Ry.,  Antonito,  Colo.,  until  1879:  identified  with  C.  &  N. 
W.  Ry.  as  tel.  operator,  agent,  traveling  freight  agent,  contracting 
agent,  and  local  agent  at  Milwaukee  isso  to  1896:  gen.  agent  at 
Chi.  1S9»>  1900;  asst.  gen.  freight  agent,  1900  -S.  and  asst.  freight 
traffic  mgr.  since  Aug.,  1908;  repub.:  Mason  (32,  K.  T..  ShrineD ; 
mem.  Nat.  I'nion;  clubs,  I'nion  League,  I.  A.  C.,  Traffic.  F.varis- 
ton.  Glen  View  Golf;  res.,  Kvanston:  office,  220  W.  Jackson  Blvd. 


CONNERY.  FRANCIS  DANIEL,  city  clerk,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago, 
Apr.  12,  1867;  s.  William  Martin  and  Mary  (Tobln)  Connery;  ed. 
St.  Stephen's  schl..  St.  Patrick's  Acad.;  clerk  for  King  &  Bogle, 
coal  merchants.  1883;  clerk  and  cashier,  Silver  Creek  and  Morris 
Coal  Co.,  1884-9;  clerk  and  asst.  secy.,  James  W.  Thatcher,  Oma- 
ha. Neb.,  1889:  dock  supt.  West  Superior,  Wis..  1890-1;  traveling 
salesman,  dock  supt..  purchasing  agent,  Peabody  Coal  Co.,  Chi- 
cago, 1892-1907;  purchasing  agent,  Miami  Coal  Co..  1907-9: 
dem.  aid.  28th  ward,  1901-3,  and  1907-9;  elected  city  clerk  1909; 
re-elected,  1911;  mem.  Columbian  Knights.  K.  M.,  K.  C.,  Loyal 
Order  of  Moose  and  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters;  clubs.  Illinois 
and  I.  A.  C.;  office,  City  Hall. 


WELLS,  HOSEA  WILLIAMS,  judge  muniripal  court,  Chicago; 
b.  Delaware,  O.,  Jan.  27,  1856;  s.  Joseph  and  Lucinda  Ann  (Case) 
Wells;  ed.  Ohio  \Vesleyan  Tniv.  and  law  dept.  N.  W.  Univ.:  adm. 
to  bar  or  III.  1889;  active  in  local  politics  for  many  years;  elected 
on  repub.  ticket  to  present  position  on  bench  and  re-elected  for 
term  expiring  1914,  clubs,  Illinois,  Hamilton;  office.  City  Hall. 


VOIGTMANN,  FRANK,  mfr.  metal  windows  and  doors;  b.  Berlin, 
Germany,  July  4,  1862;  s.  Gustave  Ferdinand  and  Agnes  Vofgt- 
mann;  ctl.  grammar  schls.  St.  Louis  and  Chicago;  mem.  111.  Mfrs. 
Assn.,  Chicago  Bldrs.  and  Traders  Assn.,  Chicago  Association  of 
Commerce  and  Hamilton  Club;  office,  445-459  W.  Krie  st. 


SANBORN,  LAKE  W.,  Galesburg;  b.  near  Brimfleld,  Peoria  Co.,  111., 
Jan.  10,  1845:  removed  with  his  parents,  David  and  Sophia  A. 
Sanborn.  In  1851  to  Galesburg,  where  he  has  since  resided; 
ed.  pub.  schls.  and  Lombard  ('oil.  Galesburg;  served  ap- 
prentice to  machinist  trade:  enlisted  in  Company  D,  139th  111.  In- 
fantry Volunteers,  in  Civil  War;  entered  gen.  insurance  business 
in  1869.  organized  the  Mechanics'  Homestead  &  Loan  Assn.;  pro- 
motor  of  first  street  railway  of  the  city  and  promoter  and  nrst 
pres.  of  People's  Traction  Co.,  running  from  Galesburg  to  Abing- 
don;  pres.  of  the  U.  S.  League  of  Local  Building  &  Ix>an  Aasns.. 
1897-8;  mayor  of  Galesburg  1905-6;  Mason:  mem.  I.  O.  O.  F., 
Klks  and  G.  A.  R.;  office,  Galesburg. 


CONKLING,  CLINTON  LEVERING,  lawyer,  Springfield;  b.  Spring- 
field, 111.,  Oct.  16, 1843;  s.  James  Cook  and  Mercie  A.  (Levering)  Conk- 
ling:  A.  B.  Yale  Coll.,  1864:  first  secty.  of  National  Lincoln  Monu- 
ment Assn.;  mem.  Nat.  Lincoln  Guard  of  Honor;  adm.  111.  bar 
1866:  subsequently  to  U.  S.  district,  circuit  and  supreme  cts.;  of 
firm  of  J.  C.  &  C.  L.  Conkling.  attys.,  till  1874;  of  firm  of  Conkling 
&  Grout,  attys.,  for  15  yrs.  to  1902;  then  of  Conkling  &  Irwin  (Ed- 
ward F.)  till  present  time:  candidate  for  circuit  judge  1897:  repub.; 
supervisor  9  years.  1880  to  1883,  1894-8,  1902;  corporation  coun- 
sel of  city  189S-1904;  mem.  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Masons.  K.  T.,  K.  P.; 
clubs.  Golf  and  Illini  Country;  mem.  111.  Historical  Soc.,  local 
and  state  bar  assns.;  dfr.  Rfdgely  Nat.  Bank,  Sangamon  Loan 
and  Trust  Co.,  Workingmen's  Savings  and  Homestead  Assn.: 
vice-pres.  and  dir.  Lincoln  Library;  office,  Springfield. 


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SABATH  A.  J.,  lawyer,  congressman,  Chicago;  b.  Zaborl,  Bohemia, 
Apr.  4,  1866;  a.  Joachim  and  Barbara  (Kisenschimel)  Sabath;  ed. 
schls  or  native  town;  removed  to  Chicago  lS81;'grad.  Bryant  & 
Stratum  Bus.  Coll.,  1.SX5;  LL.  B.  Lake  Forest,  Univ.,  1891;  Justice 
of  peace.  Chicago,  1895-7;  police  magistrate,  1897-1907;  mem.  60th, 
61st  and  62nd  congresses  (1907-13),  5th  III.  dist.;  mem.  Cook 
Co.  dem.  central  and  exec,  com.;  del.  dem.  nat.  eonv..  1904.; 
mem  Masonic  order  and  Royal  League;  clubs.  Iroquois,  Chi- 
cago Press:  office,  29  S.  LaSalle  St. 


CERMAK,  ANTON  J.,  alderman,  Chicago:  b.  Bohemia,  May  9, 
1873;  s.  Anton  and  Catherine  (Frank)  Cermak:  came  to  Am.  with 
parents  1874;  ed.  pub.  schls.,  Bralrtwood,  III.;  entered  coal  and 
wood  business  1890;  secty.  of  the  I'nited  Societies  and  Liberty 
League  of  III.  since  1906;  president  Lawndale  Building  &  Loan 
Assn.  since  1907;  dem.;  mem.  of  the  43rd,  44th,  45th,  46th  general 
assemblies  of  III.;  mem.  of  the  city  council  since  Apr.,  1909;  mem. 
of  the  democratic  central  com.;  financial  secty.  and  member  of 
bd.  of  dir.  of  Sokol  Chi.  (Bohemian  Gynmasiir  Society.);  dem. 
nomine?  balifl  municipal  court,  1912;  office,  112  N'.  La  Salle  St. 


TALBOT,  JOEL  FRANCIS,  pres.  Dolese  &  Shepard  Co..  Chi- 
cago; b.  Norwood,  Mass.,  Oct.  19,  1850;  s.  Henry  Aivin  and  Susan 
Ann  (Wild)  Talbot;  ed.  grammar  schl.  Norwood,  until  15  years 
old;  employed  in  furniture  factory  until  1866;  With  Dennison  & 
Co.,  Boston,  factory  Sept.,  1867-Jan.,  1869,  and  In  store  of  firm 
until  Sept.  14,  1869;  in  Chicago  store  same  nrm  S»pt..  1869- 
Jan..  1876,  when  he  went  to  firm's  St.  Louis  store,  remaining  until 
Jan.,  IH.Xfi,  business  being  Incorporated  as  Uennison  Mfg.  Co.;  came 
to  Chicago,  Jan..  1886;  dir.  Apr.,  188(1.  vice-pres..  1893.  and  pres. 
1906  (rcsigiu-d  l'.MK)>:  in  June,  1910.  became  pres.  and  treas.  Dolesr 
A  Shepard  Co.;  mem.  Mayflower  Soc..  Soc.  of  Colonial  Wars, 
Sons  of  Revolution:  Mason,  clubs.  I'nlon  League.  C.  A.  A.,  South 
Shore.  Glen  View,  Builders':  office.  108  S.  La  Salle  St. 


FINLEY,  WILLIAM  HENRY,  civil  engr.,  Chicago;  b.  Delaware 
City.  Del.,  Jan.  22,  1862;  s.  William  F.  and  Mary  (McDonough) 
Finley;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Wilmington,  Del.:  in  office  Delaware 
Gazette.  1H7S  SL';  service  of  Kdge  Moor  Iron  Co..  1882-7;  engring. 
C.,  M.  &  St.  P.  Ry.  1887-92;  C.  &  N.  W.  Ry.  Co.,  May  1892-1905; 
engr.  of  bridges,  1892-1000;  principal  asst.  engr.  of  bridges,  1900- 
05,  C.  &  N.  W.  Ry.;  vice  pres.  and  mgr.  Widell-Finley  Co.,  engrs. 
and  contractors,  1905-6;  asst.  chief  engr.  C.  &  N.  W.  Ry.  since 
1906:  was  mem.  engring.  corps  I.  N.  G.,  mem.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  past 
prea.  Western  Soc.  of  Kngrs.,  Nat.  Geog.  Soc.;  club,  Engineers; 
office,  226  W.  Jackson  Blvd. 


125 


POTTER,  FRED  W.,  state  insurance  supt..  Springfield;  b.  near 
Norwich,  Eng.,  Oct.  17,  1862;  s.  John  Henry  and  Ann  (Baxter) 
Potter;  came  to  Illinois,  U.  S..  1880;  taught  In  pub.  schls.;  served 
as  co.  supt.  schls.  Edwards  Co.,  1890-98;  in  life  insurance  business 
1898-1907:  appointed  state  insurance  supt.  Jan.  1.  1907,  reappolnt- 
ed  June,  1910;  elected  pres.  Nat.  Assn.  of  Insurance  Comrars., 
Aug.,  1910;  mem.  Masonic  Order,  Knights  Templar;  reptib. ;  office, 
Capitol  Bidg.,  Springfield,  ill. 


BUCKLEY.  MICHAEL  C..  traction  expert,  Chicago:  b.  Ireland, 
1862;  driver  on  old  horse-car  route  on  Indiana  Ave.:  when  electri- 
city superseded  the  horse  he  became  motorman;  organized  street 
car  men  into  a  union  in  1899;  elected  pres.;  re-elected  same  office 
until  duties  of  present  position  compelled  him  to  resign  as  union 
leader,  although  he  stilt  maintains  interest  in  Its  affairs;  office 
City  Hall. 


HEALY,  WILLIAM  J.,  real  estate.  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  May  26. 
1871;  s.  William  and  Margaret  (Trant)  Henly;  ed.  pub.  schls. 
and  business  coll.,  Kent  Coll.  of  Law;  engaged  in  real  estate  soon 
after  entering  business:  elected  aid..  1Mb  ward.  1910,  on  republi- 
can ticket;  mem.  Klks,  Xat.  I'nion,  Eagles,  III.  Club;  office,  71»i 
W.  Madison  St. 


ARENDT.  FRANK,  importer,  ladies'  tailor  and  furrier.  C'hieago;  b. 
tJermany,  Feb.  18,  1H68;  s.  Alexander  and  Anna  (Stanck)  Arendt; 
ed.  pub.  schls.  Germany;  learned  tailoring  In  native  land;  came  to 
Chicago  1872  as  cutter  and  fitter,  Parisian  Fashion  Co.:  with 
Alaska  Fur  and  Tailoring  Co.,  1892,  when  he  started  in  business  for 
himself:  Mason,  Shrlner.  Knight  Templar;  mem.  Assn.  of  Com- 
merce: office,  402  Hey  worth  Bldg- 


ARNOLD.  WILLIAM  G..  mfr.  and  banker,  Chicago;  b.  West 
Columbia,  \V.  Va.,  May  23,  1856;  s.  George  Wilt  and  Sarah  (ZInk) 
Arnold;  ed.  Monongalia  Academy,  Univ.  West  Va.  at  Morgan- 
town,  W.  \'a..  Knox  Ccill.  (Uaiesburg,  III.);  began  career  in  real 
estate  and  Insurance  1876;  located  in  Chicago  ISHtiwfth  A.  B.  Dick 
Co..  of  which  now  dlr.,  secty.  and  mgr.;  assisted  organization 
1909  Snerldan  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  of  which  he  is  vloe-pres.  and 
dlr.;  secty..  treas.  and  dir.  Carmangay  Farm  Co.;  32  dcut-iv  Ma^mi. 
clubs.  C.  A.  A.,  Midlothian,  South  Shore;  office,  730-738  W.  Jackson 
hlvd. 


QUINN,  FRANK  J..  lawyer,  Peorla;  b.  Chicago,  Jan.  23,  1866;  s. 
Michael  C.  and  Mary  (Hurley)  Quinn:  ed.  German  and  pub.  schls., 
Peoria,  and  St.  Viateur's  Coll.;  adm.  to  bar  1892;  now  In  lirm  of 
Quinn,  Qulnn  &  McClrath;  mem.  Peoria  schl.  bd.  several  terms; 
trustee  pub.  library;  asst.  state's  atty.  Peoria  co.f  1892-6;  mem. 
democratic  state  central  com.  1892-1908;  office,  Jefferson  Bldg., 
Peoria. 


KOLACEK.  WILLIAM,  merchant  ChfraRu:  pres.  West  Chicago 
Park  bd:  b.  Bohemia,  Feb.  28,  1867;  B.  Vaclav  and  Marie  Kola- 
cek;  came  to  Chicago  with  p:. rents  when  18  months  old;  ed.  pub. 
schls.;  at  age  12  started  to  earn  living  as  cash  boy;  1889  opened 
store  at  18th.  St.  and  Blue  Island  Ave.,  which  he  developed;  since 
1900  also  rnem.  of  firm  of  Kolacek  &  Melfchar,  In  Lincoln  Ave.; 
Mason;  mem.  I.  ().  O.  F..  Royal  League,  Illinois  Club.  Chicago 
Assn.  of  Commerce  and  Bohemian  Soc.;  special  park  comm.;  office, 
2030  Milwaukee  Ave. 


BLISS,  ELIAKIM  RAYMOND,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  Xew  Bruns- 
wick. N".  J.,  Sept.  3,  1846;  s.  Rev.  George  Riplcy  and  Mary  A. 
(Raymond)  Bliss;  ed.  old  I'niv.  of  Chi.,  I'niv.  of  Lewisburg.  Pa.. 
M.  A.;  Columbian  I'nlv.,  LL.  B.;  lived  lit  Chicago  since  1803;  adm. 
bar  1873;  county  atty.  Cook  Co.  1SS2  4.  ISSii  9:  gen.  counsel 
and  dir.  Chicago  City  Ry.  Co.;  Mason;  one  of  3  Masons  to  carry 
out  plan  of  erecting  Masonic  Temple  in  Chicago;  judge  advocate 
sen.  I.  N.  G.  1897;  retired  1911  with  rank  of  brig,  gen.;  mem. 
( 'liicayo  Har  Assn. :  Western  [Economical  Soc. ;  clubs,  I'nion  League, 
South  Shore;  office.  1st  Nat.  Bank  Bldg. 


127 


OBERT  WOOLSTON  HUNT,  one  of  Chicago's  leading 
engineers,  was  born  at  Fallsington,  Bucks  County,  Pa., 
Dec.  9,  1838,  the  son  of  Dr.  Robert  A.  and  Martha  L.  (Wool- 
ston)  Hunt.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
.  schools  of  Covington,  Ky.,  and  later  worked  in  a  rolling  mill 
at  Pottsville,  Pa.,  where  he  learned  in  a  practical  way  puddling,  heating, 
rolling,  etc.  He  studied  analytical  chemistry  in  Philadelphia  and  during 
the  years  1850-60  was  chemist  of  the  Cambria  Iron  Company.  In  1860 
he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Pennsylvania  volunteers  and  was  promoted 
to  sergeant  in  1861.  From  1861  to  1865  he  was  captain  in  command  of 
Camp  Curtin  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

He  was  superintendent  of  a  steel  works  at  Wyandotte,  Mich.,  during 
1865  and  1866,  representing  the  Cambria  Iron  Company.  He  was  con- 
nected with  the  Cambria  Iron  company  from  1866  to  1873,  and  from  1873 
to  1875  with  John  A.  Griswold  &  Company  of  Troy,  N.  Y.  The  years 
from  1875  to  1888  were  spent  with  the  Troy  Steel  &  Iron  Company. 

Since  1888  Mr.  Hunt  has  been  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Robert 
W.  Hunt  &  Company,  consulting,  inspecting  engineers,  etc.,  with  principal 
offices  in  Chicago  and  branches  in  New  York,  Pittsburg,  Philadelphia, 
St.  Louis,  San  Francisco,  Montreal,  Toronto,  Mexico  City,  Mex.,  and 
London,  England.  He  is  distinguished  especially  as  a  metallurgical 
engineer  and  has  written  for  scientific  societies  many  papers  on  the  metal- 
lurgy and  manufacture  of  steel.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers,  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  of  which 
he  was  president  in  1883-4  and  1905-6,  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers,  of  which  he  was  president  in  1891,  the  Western  Society  of 
Engineers,  of  which  he  was  president  in  1893,  the  British  Iron  &  Steel 
Company,  the  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  of  England,  the  Institute 
of  Civil  Engineers  and  the  Canadian  Society  of  Engineers.  He  was 
awarded  the  John  Faitz  medal  in  1912  for  services  in  connection  with  the 
development  of  the  Bessemer  process  for  making  steel.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  following  clubs:  Chicago,  Mid-Day,  I.  A.  C.,  Chicago  Engineers', 
South  Shore,  Saddle  and  Cycle,  Chicago  Golf,  Glen  View  (pres.)  of  Chicago, 
Engineers'  of  New  York  and  Duquesne  of  Pittsburg.  His  office  is  in 
The  Rookerv. 


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OHN  SUMNER  RUNNELLS,  son  of  John  and  Huldah 
(Staples)  Runnells,  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  a 
descendant  in  the  fourth  generation  of  the  last  survivor 
of  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Tamworth  and  the  New  Hampton  Academy,  and  entered 
Amherst  College  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  graduating  in  1865.  He  began  the 
study  of  law  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  and  in  1867  removed  to  Iowa.  He  was 
private  Secretary  to  Governor  Merrill  of  that  state  in  1868  and  1869.  In 
the  latter  year  he  was  appointed  consul  at  Tunstall,  England,  by  President 
Grant,  remaining  there  until  1871,  when  he  returned  to  Iowa,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Des 
Moines.  In  1875  he  was  elected  reporter  of  the  supreme  court  of  Iowa, 
and  edited  eighteen  volumes  of  the  court's  decisions,  while  also  attending 
to  his  regular  practice. 

His  standing  as  a  practitioner  was  recognized  by  his  appointment 
by  President  Arthur  in  1881  as  United  States  District  Attorney  for  Iowa, 
his  service  in  that  capacity  continuing  for  four  years.  He  was  a  prominent 
figure  in  republican  politics  in  Iowa,  being  chairman  of  the  state  central 
committee  from  1879  to  1880;  delegate  to  the  republican  national  conven- 
tion in  1880,  and  member  of  the  republican  national  committee,  1880  to 
1884. 

In  1887,  he  removed  to  Chicago,  and  in  1888  became  general  counsel 
of  the  Pullman  Company.  In  May,  1905,  he  was  elected  vice-president 
of  that  company,  filling  that  office  until  May,  1911,  when  he  was  elected 
president,  which  position  he  now  holds. 

Mr.  Runnells  has  long  been  well  known  as  an  after-dinner  speaker, 
and  as  an  orator  upon  political  occasions,  but  he  has  withdrawn  entirely 
from  public  speaking.  He  is  the  senior  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Runnells, 
Burry  &  Johnstone,  Chicago,  although  not  in  active  practice.  Mr. 
Runnells  was  married  March  31,  1869,  to  Helen  R.  Baker.  They  have 
four  children  —  Mabel  (Mrs.  Robert  I.  Jenks),  Lucy  (Mrs.  A.  A.  Jackson), 
Clive,  and  Alice  Rutherford. 

Mr.  Runnells  has  been  president  of  the  Chicago  Club  continuously 
since  1907.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Saddle  and  Cycle  Club,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Chicago  Literary,  LTnion,  University  and  Onwentsia  clubs 
of  Chicago,  and  of  the  University  Club  of  New  York  City. 


144 


BUTLER,  GEORGE  FRANK,  Cook  county  physician,  author,  Chicago;  b.  Moravia,  X.  V.,  Mar.  15.  1H57;  s. 
Isaac  and  Asenath  (Chase)  Butler;  grad.  Baldwin  Acad.,  C.roton,  N.  Y.,  1874;  pharmacist,  Pittsfleld,  Mass.,  1874 
-9;  in  sheep  and  drug  business  southwestern  Kan.,  1878-86;  M.  D.  Rush  Med.  Coll.,  Chicago,  1889;  (hon.  A.  M. 
Valparaiso  Univ.,  Ind.,  1908);,  lecturer  med.  pharmacy  and  materla  medica,  Hush  Med.  Coll.,  1889-92;  prof, 
materla  medica.  therapeutics  and  clln.  medicine,  Northwestern  I'nlv.  Women's  Med.  Schl.,  1890-6:  Coll.  Phys. 
and  Surg.,  Chicago,  1892-1900;  prof,  medicine.  Dearborn  Med.  Coll.,  1905-6;  prof,  internal  medicine,  Chicago 
Post-C.rad.  Med  Schl.,  1905-7;  med.  supt.  Alma  Springs  Sanitarium.  Alma,  Mich.,  1900-5;  prof,  and  head  of  the 
dept.  therapeutics  and  prof,  of  preventive  medicine,  Chicago  Coll.  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  (Valparaiso  I'ntv.), 
1900-11;  pres.  faculty  and  prof .  diseases  of  the  kidneys  and  of  the  disgestive  system;  Practitioners  Coll.,  Chicago, 
since  1911;  was  consul  tint;  phys.  Frances  \\illard  Hosp;  mem.  A.  M.  A.,  Am.  Aead.  Medicine,  Am.  Therapeutic 
Soc.,  Miss.  Valley  Med.  Assn.,  III.  State  Med.  Soc.,  Mich.  State  Med.  Soc.,  Chicago  Pat  hoi.  Soc.,  Physicians 
and  Therapeutic  clubs,  fellow  Chicago  Acad.  Medicine;  clubs,  Press,  Wllmette  Country,  Cliff  Dwellers,  city. 
Business  Men's  Prosperity,  Empire  Stale  Society;  author.  Text-book  of  Mat  or  la  Medica;  Therapeutics  and 
Pharmacology,  189fi;  Love  and  Its  Affinities,  1890:  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics;  (Practical  Medicine 
series  of  Y  ear-Book).  isfl2;  The  Isle  of  Content,  1902;  Tin-  Kxploits  of  a  Physician  Detective.  1907;  Sonnets  of 
the  Heart,  1909;  Treasures  of  Trust,  1909;  Songs  of  the  Heart,  1910;  Echoes  of  Petrarch;  residence,  Wllmette,  111. 


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STELK,  JOHN,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Sept.  10,  1875;  s.  William  and  Mary  (Kraase)  Stelk;  ed.  parochial 
-(•hi-.  .  bus.  coll.  and  evening  schls.  until  1893;  read  law  in  offices  of  King  &  Gross;  LL.  B.  Chicago  Coll.  of  Law, 
1896;  adm.  to  111.  bar,  1896;  since  practiced  in  Chicago;  specializes  in  real  estate,  chancery  and  probate  law;  since 
Dec.  1910,  atty.  for  sheriff  of  Cook  Co.;  dera.;  candidate  Tor  judge  municipal  court  of  Chicago,  1908;  mem. 
Chicaeo  Bar  Assn.,  Lawyers'  Assn.  of  Chicago,  Chicago  Law  Inst.,  III.  Bar  Assn.,  Concordla  League;  office.  Reap- 
er I'.  Ik. 


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KRUTCKOFF,  CHARLES,  assistant  county  assessor,  Chicago;  h.  Chicago.  Nov.  1,  1871;  has  been  employed  In 
the  office  of  the  Cook  county  board  or  assessors  .since  the  present  law  went  into  effect  in  1899;  made  steady 
advance  from  a  minor  position  to  chief  clerk  of  the  board;  republican;  nominated  at  primaries  Apr.  9,  1912,  for 
member  board  of  assessors;  office.  County  Bldg. 


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STEPHENS,  MALBERN  MONROE,  real  estate  and  investments  of  East  St.  Louis,  was  born  in  Abingdon  Centre. 
Pa.,  Feb.  7,  1847.  the  son  of  Ziba  and  Mary  (Travis)  Stephens.  He  attended  school  until  the  age  of  twelve  at 
Providence,  Pa.  He  worked  in  a  bolt  factory  and  later  a  grocery  store  at  Port  Chester.  X.  V.,  then  was  a  brake- 
man  on  the  D.,  L.  &  \\.  R.  R..  and  in  the  machinery  and  railroad  department  of  the  Del.  &  Hud.  C.  C.  &  R.  R. 
Co.  In  1866  he  located  in  Jacksonville.  111.,  installing  mining  machinery  and  operating  as  engineer  in  the  Big 
Muddy  coal  field.  In  1869  he  was  engineer  on  the  O.  &  M.  R.  R.  Between  the  years  1X75  and  1902  he  engaged 
In  the  hotel  business.  Mr.  Stephens  organized  and  became  president  of  the  E.  St.  Louis  Trust  and  Savings  Bank 
and  the  City  National  Bank.  He  is  also  president  of  the  State  Savings  and  Loan  Assn.,  director  of  the  St.  Louis 
&  Cairo  R.  R.,  director  and  vice-president  of  the  Southern  Coal  &  Mining  Co.,  and  president  of  the  Milo  Realty 
A  Investment  C'o.,  St.  Louis.  He  was  postmaster  in  1896-7.  was  elected  alderman  in  1878  and  1884,  elected 
mayor  in  1887  and  re-elected  1889.  1891.  1893,  1897,  1899  and  1901,  serving  in  all  fourteen  years.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  K.  P.,  B.  of  L.  E..  B.  P.  O.  E.,  I.  <).  H.,  and  the  Merchants  Assn.;  clubs.  Commercial, 
St.  Clair  Country;  office.  318a  Missouri  Ave..  E.  St.  Louis. 


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MOHR,  ALBERT,  boiler  manufacturer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Chicago,  Aug.  25,  INfiO.  He  is  the  son  of  John 
Mohr.  His  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago.  He  commenced  business  with  Carlisle 
Mason,  afterwards  entering  the  firm  of  John  Mohr  &  Son,  of  which  firm  he  is  now  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  their  south  works.  Mr.  Mohr  is  a  member  of  the  Windsor  Park  Lodge.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Sinai  Chapter, 
R.  A.  M.,  St.  Bernard  Commandery,  K.  T.,  and  Medinah  Temple.  Mystic  shrine;  clubs,  Chicago  Automobile, 
Chicago  Aero,  South  Shore;  office,  96th  St.  and  Calumet  River,  South  Chicago. 


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STEAD,  WILLIAM  HENRY,  attorney-general  of  Illinois,  was  born  in  La  Salle  Co..  111. .June  12,  1858.  He  is  the 
son  of  Henry  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Read)  Stead.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  common  schools, 
later  attending  onarsa  Seminary,  and  still  later  taking  a  course  at  Asbury  (now  DePauw)  University.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883  and  for  ten  years  practiced  in  Ottawa.  There  was  an  interim  in  1894  and  1895  In 
which  he  was  the  assist  mil  general  attorney  of  the  Rock  Island  Railway  at  Chicago,  but  in  189f>  he  returned  to 
Ottawa  and  practiced  until  1905.  Mr  Stead  is  a  republican.  He  was  at  one  time  city  attorney  of  Ottawa, 
later  between  the  years  1896  and  1900.  becoming  states  attorney  of  I.aSalle  county.  He  was  elected  attorney- 
general  of  Illinois  In  1904  and  re-elected  in  1908.  He  is  a  member  of  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  T.  O.  O.  F.,  B.  P.  O.  E.: 
<-lub.  Union  League  of  Chicago;  office,  Springfield. 


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RIDGWAY.  A.  C.,  railway  official,  of  Chicago,  was  born  at  Water  Clap,  Pa.,  April  16,  1SGO,  and  after  attending 
school  at  Lawrence,  Kans.,  for  twelve  years,  entered  the  employ  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway,  tilling  various 
positions  For  two  years  he  was  with  the  Missouri.  Kansas  &  Texas  in  the  drafting  department,  after  which  he 
went  with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande,  where  he  served  from  1881  until  1896  as  clerk,  trainmaster  and  assistant 
superintendent.  In  1890  Mr.  Rldgway  became  general  superintendent  of  the  Florence  &  Cripple  Creek,  and  In 
IN'.'!*  \\a>  inailc  ireneral  manager  of  the  Colorado  Springs  &  Cripple  Creek  District  Railway.  The  latter  position 
he  resigned  to  become  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Denver,  Northwestern  &  Pacific,  which  position 
he  held  until  1902,  when  he  returned  to  the  Denver  &  Kin  Grtinde  as  nem-nil  manager.  In  .January.  1«MO  Mr 
Ridgway  became  assistant  second  vice-president  of  the  Chicago.  Rock  Island  &  Pacific,  which  office  he  held  till 
the  death  of  F.  O.  Melcher,  when  he  was  chosen  as  second  vice-president  with  offices  at  Chicago. 


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jjDWARD  TILDEN,  packer  and  banker,  of  Chicago,  was 
born  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1855,  the  son  of  Ithiel  D.  and 
Margaret  (Averill)  Tilden.  His  education  was  received  in 
the  public  schools  of  Delavan,  Wis. 

As  a  youth,  he  entered  a  general  store  in  Delavan  and 
after  gaining  rudimentary  business  experience  he  moved  to  Chicago, 
where  he  became  a  bookkeeper  in  the  wholesale  hardware  store  of  Brint- 
nall,  Lamb  &  Company.  He  entered  the  service  of  the  Drovers'  National 
Bank,  at  the  Union  Stock  Yards,  in  1883,  and  was  assistant  cashier  in  1897. 
He  was  treasurer  of  Libby,  McNeill  &  Libby,  packers,  from  1897  to  1902, 
and  has  been  president,  treasurer  and  director  of  the  same  company  since 
1902. 

He  also  is  president  of  the  Drovers'  Deposit  National  Bank,  the  Na- 
tional Packing  Company  and  the  Anglo-American  Provision  Company.  He 
is  treasurer  and  director  of  the  Sioux  City,  la.,  stock  yards,  and  director  of 
the  St.  Louis  Stock  Yards,  the  Drovers  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  and  many 
other  corporations. 

Mr.  Tilden  is  an  active  farmer,  and  is  proprietor  of  the  Tilden  Farms, 
at  Delavan,  Wis.  He  is  a  democrat,  and  at  one  time  was  active  in  local 
politics.  He  was  school  treasurer  of  the  towns  of  Hyde  Park  and  Lake  for 
several  years  previous  to  their  annexation  to  Chicago.  He  was  a  member 
and  president  of  the  Chicago  board  of  education  during  1900-6,  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  South  Park  commissioners  since  1910. 

He  belongs  to  the  Union  League,  South  Shore,  Bankers'  and  Kenwood 
clubs.  His  offices  are  at  the  Union  Stock  Yards  and  209  So.  La  Salle  St. 


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SHEDD,  W.  J-,  first  vice-pres.  and  gen.  mgr.  Knickerbocker  Ice  Co.,  Chicago;  b.  Deep  River,  Ind.,  Dec.  17,  1859; 
H.  William  Henry  and  Josephine  (Hlachley)  Shedd ;  aead.  edn.  Obcrlin  (().)  Coll.;  entered  employ  of  Knicker- 
bocker Ice  Co.  in  1877,  with  which  has  since  been  identified,  becoming  a  member  of  the  firm  1885;  asst.  to  gen. 
mgr.,  1885-98;  gen.  supt.  1898-1905;  1st  vice-pres.,  dir.  and  gen.  mgr.  since  1905;  organized  Matagalpa  Coffee 
Co.  1892,  of  which  has  since  been  pres.;  also  vice-pres.  and  dir.  the  Consumers  Co.;  sec.-treas.,  dir.  Kendall 
Ice  Cream  Co.;  pres.  Chicago  Coal  \\ashlni;  Co.;  dir.  Ottumwa  Pure  Ice  Co.;  repub.;  Mason  (32<1,  Shriner) ; 
office,  39  S.  La  Salle  St. 


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KRUTTSCHNITT,  JULIUS,  railway  official,  Chicago;  b.  New  Orleans,  July  30,  1854;  s.  John  and  Penima  (Ben- 
jamin) Kruttschnitt;  C.  E.  Washington  and  Lee  Univ.,  1873;  asst.  to  Col.  William  Allan;  prin.  MaoDonoughschl., 
nr.  Baltimore,  1N73-S;  resident  encr.,  in  charge  of  constrn.,  1S7S-SO;  road  master  western  div.,  1880-1;  asst.  chief 
engr.  and  gen.  roadmaster,  1881-3;  chief  engr.  and  supt.,  1883-1885,  Morgan's  La.  &  Tex.  R.  R.:  asst.  gen.  mgr., 
s.  P.'s  Atlantic  system  (linos  east  of  Kl  Paso,  Tex.),  1885-9;  gen.  mgr.  same,  1889-95;  gen.  mgr.  of  all  lines  of 
S.  P.  Co.,  with  headquarters  at  San  Francisco,  1805-1904;  4th  vice-pres.  same  since  Apr.  7,  1898:  asst.  to  pres. 
same,  1901-4;  dir.  of  maintenance  and  operation  U.  P.  R.  R.,  Ore.  Short  Line  R.  R.,  also  Oregon  Ry.  &  Nav.  Co. 
and  Southern  Pacific  Co.  since  April  1,  1904;  also  pres.  U.  P.  Coal  Co.;  mem.  Internal.  Ry.  Congress,  Am.  Ry. 
Engring  and  Maintenance  of  Way  Assn.;  clubs,  Burlingame  (Cat.)  Country,  Pacific  Union  (San  Francisco), 
Boston  (New  Orleans),  Chicago,  Union  League,  Glen  View  Country,  University,  Mid-Day  (Chicago);  office, 
112  W.  Adams  St. 


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HL'RST,  ELMORE  W.,  lawyer.  Rock  Island,  has  lived  In  that  city  all  his  life,  having  been  born  there,  Dec.  6, 
1851.  He  is  the  son  or  William  and  Anna  (Hurlock)  Hurst,  and  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  lawyer,  banker,  owner  and 
developer  of  extensive  acreages  of  Improved  farm  lands  In  Nebraska  and  South  Dakota.  Mr.  Hurst  Is  a  dem- 
ocrat and  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  26th  and  41st  general  assemblies  of  Illinois.  He  was  temporary 
and  permanent  chairman  of  the  slate  democratic  convention  which  was  held  In  Springfield  in  1900;  clubs, 
Iroquols  and  Press  (Chicago).  Rock  Island,  Rock  Island  Arsenal  Golf,  Davenport  Commercial:  office,  Robinson 
B!dg..  Rock  Island. 


CREIGH,  THOMAS,  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  born  on  August  8,  1873.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Princeton  University, 
having  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  at  that  institution  in  1894.  Following  his  college  course  he  studied  law 
at  the  Univers  ty  of  Nebraska,  and  graduated  In  1897.  He  was  in  general  practice  in  Omaha,  Neb,,  up  to  1902. 
in  which  year  he  came  to  Chicago  as  the  general  attorney  for  the  Cudahy  Packing  Co.,  and  has  since  remained 
in  that  position.  His  office  address  Is  111  W.  Monroe  St. 


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GARRETT,  WILLIAM  ABNER,  chairman.  General  Managers'  Assn.,  Chicago:  b.  Canton,  Miss.,  Aug.  18. 
IMil  ;  .s.  Hibbard  and  Hannah  ((irifllth)  (Jarrctr:  ed.  SI.  Louis,  Mo.,  pub.  schls.;  slartrd  railway  career  as  mes- 
senger, Ohio  &  Miss.  Ry.  ticket  office,  St.  Louis;  Dec.,  1893,  to  Jan.  1,  1896,  supt.  Wabash  Rd.  at  St.  Louis; 
Jan.,  1894,  to  Jan.,  1896.  supt.  St.  Louis  Merchants'  Bridge  Terminal  Ry.:  Jan.  1,  1896,  to  Apr.,  1897,  supt. 
west.  dlv.  Wabash  Rd.;  Apr.  1,  1897,  to  Aug.  7.  1899.  supt.  middle  dlv.  same  road;  Aug.  8.  1899.  to  Sept..  1900. 
supt.  Phila.  dlv.  Phila.  &  Reading  Ry.;  Sept.  24,  1900,  to  Mar.  19,  1902,  supt.  N.  Y.  dlv.;  Mar.  19,  1902.  to 
May  1,  1903,  gen.  supt.  same  road:  May  1,  1903.  to  Nov.  30.  1906.  gen.  mgr.  C.  N.  O.  *  T.  P.  R.  R.  and  Ala- 
bama Great  Southern  R.  R.;  Dec..  1900,  to  June  30.  1909.  pros.  Seaboard  Airline  H.  R.;  club,  Baltimore  Coun- 
try (Baltimore);  offce,  Western  Union  Bldg. 


157 


ETTELSON,  SAMUEL  A.,  lawyer,  state  senator  3rd.  dlst.  III.  legislature,  Chicago;  b.  Chi.  Nov.  19,  1874:  a. 
Benjamin  and  Flora  (Philipson)  Ettelaon;  ed.  west  division  high  schl..  Harvard  Univ..  and  Lake  Forest  Univ. 
law  schl.;  mem.  firm  of  Schuyler,  Kttelson  &  Weinfeld;  dlr.  Chi.  Home  for  Jewish  Orphans;  clubs, Metropolitan, 
Hamilton,  I.  A.  C.,  Players  (dir.);  office,  39  S.  La  Salle  St. 


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BROWN,  JOHN  B.,  lawyer,  of  Monmouth,  was  born  fn  1866,  In  the  slate  of  Connecticut.  In  the  late 
sixties  his  parents  removed  to  \Vhltsl(k>  Co.,  111.,  where  he  sp^nt  his  boyhood  up  to  the  age  of  fifteen.  In  the  fall 
of  1880  he  entered  Knox  Academy.  Galesburg,  and  remained  there  two  years  in  preparation  for  the  course  ;it 
Knox  College,  graduating  from  the  latter  with  honors  and  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1886.  For  the  next  two 

Btars  he  was  principal  of  the  high  school  at  Stonington,  Conn.,  meanwhile  raMing  law  privately  in  the  office  of 
adlai  Hull  of  that  city.  He  entered  the  senior  class  of  Columbia  law  school  in  1888,  and  was  admitted  the 
next  year  to  the  bars  of  Illinois  and  Minnesota.  He  was  a  partner  of  Thomas  G.  Frost  in  Minneapolis  for  two 
years.  In  1891  he  moved  to  Monmouth  and  In  1897  was  appointed  master  In  chancery,  holding  that  position 
ciKht  years  and  resit?iiin«  in  190").  He  is  now  engaged  in  general  practice,  with  offices  In  the  Pat  ton  Blk., 
Monmouth. 


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ROM  brakeman  to  vice-president  of  a  big  railroad  company 
has  been  the  achievement  of  William  Lee  Park  of  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad,  in  charge  of  operation. 

Mr.  Park  was  born  at  Obid,  Mich.,  July  6,  1859,  the  son 
of  Col.  Josiah  B.  Park.  He  moved  with  his  family  to  Omaha, 
Neb.,  in  1866  and  attended  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  Later  he  was 
a  student  at  Baylie's  College,  Keokuk,  la. 

His  first  railroad  service  was  as  a  brakeman  on  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
way, at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was  a  freight 
conductor  and  at  twenty-two  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  passenger 
conductor. 

It  was  in  the  early  days  of  his  railroad  career  that  Mr.  Park  developed 
those  qualities  which  later  were  rewarded  with  success  and  honors. 

He  was  not  content  to  perform  merely  the  physical  labors  of  the  posi- 
tions which  he  held,  but  he  made  a  study  of  railroading  and  especially  of  the 
organization  and  management  of  the  system  with  which  he  was  employed. 
He  endeavored  to  get  the  viewpoint  of  the  officials  above  him  and  the  view- 
point of  the  traveling  public  on  the  routine  duties  that  came  to  him  as  an 
employe.  It  was  not  long  before  he  made  himself  invaluable  to  his  supe- 
riors and  a  man  on  whose  reliability  and  judgment  they  could  depend.  As 
his  experience  and  study  widened,  his  duties  were  constantly  enlarged. 

In  1889  he  was  made  superintendent  of  the  Nebraska  division  of  the 
Union  Pacific  and  in  1900  superintendent  of  the  Wyoming  division.  In 
June,  1904,  he  was  made  general  superintendent  of  the  entire  Union  Pacific 
system,  with  headquarters  at  Omaha.  After  serving  six  years  in  that  capa. 
city,  he  was  elected  to  his  present  position  with  the  Illinois  Central,  in  1910- 
His  office  is  in  the  Central  Station,  Lake  Front  and  Twelfth  St.,  Chicago. 


160 


WESSEL,  P.  H.,  physician.  Moline;  b.  Germany,  Jan.,  1839:  s.  Dr. 
Henry  Wessel;  ed.  Germany;  removed  to  U.  S.,  1860;  grad.  St. 
Louis  Coll.  Homeopathic  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  1871;  settled 
in  Moline,  1871;  U.  S.  pension  examining  surgeon  during  Pres. 
Harrison's  administration;  mem.  111.  state  bd.  of  health  since 
1897;  dlr.  Popular  Savings  and  Trust  Co.,  Moline  State  Savings 
Bank,  Moline  State  Savings  and  Trust  Co.,  and  Moline  Savings 
Bank  and  Trust  Co.,  of  Moline;  morn.  American  Inst.  of  Homeop- 
athy and  Homeopathic  Med.  Assn.  of  III.;  dir.  Northern  Life  Ins. 
Co.;  was  mayor  of  Moline  8  years  and  aid.  8  years;  mem.  Moline 
Club,  B.  P.  o.  E.,  and  Moline  Turner  Society;  office,  517  H 
Fifteenth  St.,  Moline,  111. 


CURRAN,  RICHARD,  builder,  Chicago;  b.  County  Limerick 
Ireland,  Jan.  18,  1864;  s.  Michael  and  Catherine  Curran;  ed.  pub. 
schls.  of  Ireland;  later  worked  on  farm;  removed  to  U.  S.  in  1880; 
learned  plasterer's  trade;  journeyman  until  1892;  entered  bus 
for  self  as  contractor  and  builder;  mem.  Knights  of  Columbus, 
Irish  Fellowship  Club  and  Builders'  and  Traders'  Exchange;  office 
8  S.  Dearborn  St. 


RAFFERTY,  JOSEPH  P.,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b.  Chi.,  June  11,  18G6;  s. 
John  and  Mary  (Tracy)  Rafterty;  ed.  Holy  Family  schl.  1881,  St. 
Vlateur's  Coll.,  1S85;  LL.  B.  Union  Coll.  of  Law, 1887;  adm.  to  bar 
1887  and  In  active  practice  since  except  1900-3  spent  in  Colorado; 

?artnerships,  Scully  &  Rafterty  1905,  Cunnea,  Scully  &  Rafferty 
908-10;  mem.  K.  C.,  C.  O.  F.,  Chi.  Bar  Assn.;  nominated  on  dem. 
ticket  for  judge  of  municipal  court,  1912;  office,  714  Reaper  Blk. 


MONNETT,  OSBORN,  chief  smoke  insp.,  Chicago;  b.  Norfolk, 
Va.,  Aug.  19,  1876;  s.  William  Osborn  and  Helen  Louise  Monnett; 
ed.  grammar  schls.  Norwalk,  O.;  was  4  yrs.  in  engine  rooms  of 
freighters  on  Great  Lakes;  1901  took  up  stationary  engring.;  stud- 
ied analytical  chemistry  and  worked  as  asst.  chemist  for  Am.  Stee 
and  Wire  Co.,  Cleveland;  later,  operating  engr.  at  C.,  R.  I.  &.  P. 
shop  power  house,  Silvia,  III.;  1907,  asst.  ed.  The  Engineer  of 
Chi.;  1908  asso.  ed.  Power,  in  New  York,  later  western  ed.  and  mgr 
Chi.  office;  appt.  present  position  July  10,  1911;  office,  City  Hall 


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PARKER,  WILLIAM  R.,  grain  and  provisions,  Chicago;  b.  Dixon, 
HI.,  Oct.  22,  1861;  s.  Orlando  L.  and  Clara  (Fitch)  Parker;  ed.  pub. 
seals.;  began  as  receiver's  agent  on  the  C.  &  N.  W.  Ry.  at  Chi. 
1878,  entered  office  of  his  brother,  comm.  merchant,  grain  and 
provisions,  and  in  1887  became  a  partner  in  firm  of  Geo.  G.  Parker 
&  Co.:  now  in  business  alone;  mem.  Chi.  bd  of  trade;  repub.;  alder- 
man 6th  ward  1910-12;  clubs,  Hamilton,  Colonial;  office,  140  W 
Van  Buren  St. 


DUFFY,  JOHN  M.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Dec.  25,  1869:  s. 
John  A.  and  Mary  A.  (White)  Duffy;  ed.  west  dlv.  high  schl.,  Chi- 
cago; LL.  B.  1893,  Lake  Forest  unfv.;  studied  law  under  late  Judge 
Thomas  A.  Moran  and  Chief  Justice  Bailey  of  III.  Supreme  court; 
admitted  to  bar  1896  and  began  active  work  of  profession  In  1898 
after  resigning  secretary -ship  of  Sanitary  board,  which  he  had 
held  for  several  years;  office,  Otis  Bldg. 


BOOZ,  JOHN  TAYLOR,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Staunton,  Va.,  Aug. 
21,  1868;  s.  John  Wesley  and  Emma  (McGhee)  Booz;  ed.  pub. 
schls.  and  Fishbourne  Mil.  Acad.;  engaged  with  Norfolk  &  West- 
ern R.  R.,  in  Va.,  as  relief  agt.  and  operator,  Ixs4-ixs9;  published 
"Waynesboro  Times,"  Waynesboro,  Va.,  1889-91;  sec.  Va.  Press 
Assn.,  1890-1,  studying  law  during  this  period;  adm.  to  Va.  bar 
and  removed  to  Chicago,  1892;  since  engaged  in  general  practice; 
Mason;  club.  Southern;  office,  Boyce  Bldg. 


HERLIHY,  DANIEL,  head  of  election  bureau.  Cook  Co.  clerk's 
office,  Chicago;  b.  LaSalle,  111.,  Feb.  9,  1860:  s.  Daniel  and  Margaret 
(McCarthy)  Herlihy;  ed.  pub.  schls.;  first  employment  with  Norton 
&  Co.,  paper  mfrs.,  Marselles,  111.,  1871-75;  had  charge  of  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind.,  paper  mills,  1884-88;  moved  to  Chicago,  1888:  engr., 
iiradshaw  \-  Wait*.1  until  IViti;  srcty..  txl.  examining  cnirrs..  ivtf, 
1906  under  Mayor  Harrison:  alderman  28th  ward.  1906-08:  appt. 
July  15,  1910,  pres.  bd.  examining  engrs.  by  Mayor  Busse,  which 
position  he  held  until  taking  present  position:  mem.  Royal  League, 
K.  C.,  and  Catholic  Foresters;  office.  County  Bldg. 


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HEBEL,  OSCAR,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Jan.  6,  1868: 
came  with  parents  to  Chicago  1875:  ed.  pub.  schls.;  LL.  B.  Chi- 
cago Coll.  or  Law  (Lake  Forest  Univ.),  1892;  adm.  to  III.  bar  1892; 
appt.  asst.  city  prosecuting  atty.  by  Mayor  Swift  1895,  resign- 
ing 1897:  nominated  on  repub.  ticket  1901,  for  city  atty.  and  de- 
feated with  rest  of  ticket;  election  commr.,  1901-4;  mem.  of  bd. 
of  assessors  of  Cook  Co.,  1904-10:  office,  Schiller  Bldg. 


SMITH,  CLAYTON  F.,  mem.  bd.  of  local  improvements.  Chicago; 
b.  Chicago,  Apr.  4,  1875;  s.  George  O.  and  Carrie  (Paft)  Smith; 
ed.  pub.  schls.  Chicago,  bus.  coll.,  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.;  career 
principally  In  service  of  city  of  Chicago,  especially  in  special  assess- 
ment dept.;  worked  in  every  dept.  of  bd.  of  local  improvements, 
starting  eleven  years  ago  as  paving  Insp.;  mem.  Royal  Arcanum. 
North  Am.  Union,  City  Club:  Mason;  office.  City  Hall. 


MATHIAS,  LEE  DOWLING,  asst.  corporation  counsel,  Chicago; 
b.  Greencastle,  Ind.,  Mar.  31,  1872;  s.  Henry  Hamilton  and  Mary 
(Hartley)  Mathias:Ph.B.,  1894,  DePauw  Univ.;  mem.  Ind.  Nation- 
al Guard  and  capt.  first  regiment,  when  he  removed  to  Chicago  in 
1896;  appt.  asst.  corporation  counsel  under  Mayor  Dunne's  ad- 
ministration; mem.  Chicago  Assn.  of  <  'onnm-n-c,  Hyde  Park  Husl- 
ness  Men's  Athletic  assn.,  Indiana  Soc.  of  Chicago.  C.  A.  A.,  and 
Masonic  order;  offices,  first  Nat.  Bank  Bldg.  and  City  Hall. 


BUCKLEY,  JAMES  R..  Chicago:  b.  Chicago;  ed.  pub.  schJs.  and 
Christian  Brothers'  sen!.;  began  work  in  father's  grocery  store; 
afterwards  with  city  gas  inspector's  office  and  street  lamp  super- 
visor for  Chi.  for  12  years;  democrat;  candidate  for  state  senate 
19th  dist.  1906;  nominee  for  elk.  of  superior  ct.  1908;  elected  alder- 
man 1910;  mem.  R.  L.,  St.  Patrick's  Alumni,  Y.  M.  C.  A.:  address. 
3521  Colorado  Ave. 


163 


RAHN,  JAMES  M.,  judge  of  Tazewell  county  court,  Pekin;  b. 
Cass  Co.,  111.,  Mar.  20,  1868;  s.  John  and  Susan  (Coffin)  Rahn; 
ed.  Western  Normal  Coll.,  Bushnell.  and  received  LL.  D.;  worked 
on  farm  1885-9,  taught  schl.  1889-97;  adm.  to  bar  1897;  has  prac- 
ticed since  then  in  Pekin;  democrat;  nominated  1904  for  state's 
atty.  and  defeated;  elected  judge,  1910;  chm.  Tazewell  Co.  central 
com.  2  terms;  office,  Pekin. 


SULLIVAN.  JOSEPH  HENRY',  osteopathic  physician;  b.  Chicago 
May  21,  1860;  8.  Michael  Henry  and  Harriet  Marie  (Rogers)  Sul- 
livan; ed.  pub.  schls.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  St.  Xavier  Coll.,  N.  Y. 
City;  dry  goods  business  in  New  York,  1880-1S90;  mfg.  business  in 
Iowa,  1890-94;  student  of  osteopathy,  Kirksville,  Mo.,  1894-97; 
osteopathic  physician,  Chicago,  since  1897;  vice-pres.  American 
Osteopathic  Assn.  1902;  mem.  Chicago  Osteopathic  Soc.;  author 
and  lecturer  on  osteopathic  subjects;  mem.  C.  A.  A.:  office,  Trude 
Bidg. 


ROTH,  HENRY,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Cleveland,  O.,  May  25,  1866; 
s.  Martin  and  Sarah  (Stern)  Roth;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Chi.;  grad.  law 
dept.  Lake  Forest  Univ.;  resided  In  Chi.  since  1868,  and  actively 
engaged  in  law  practice  for  past  20  yrs.;  mem.  A.  F.  A  A.  M., 
Royal  Arcanum,  National  t'nlon.  Protected  Home  Circle;  office,  6 
N.  Clark  St. 


WALSH,  MARTIN,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  La  Salle,  1878,  ed.  La  Salle; 
mem.  K.  C.,  111.  State  Bar  Assn.;  dem.;  candidate  for  nomination 
to  municipal  bench.  1912;  clubs,  Irish  Fellowship,  Columbia  Yacht: 
office,  118  N.  La  Salle  St. 


164 


WILSON,   FRANK  J.,  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Nov.  19, 
1874;  s.   Charles  and  Anna  (McArdle)    Wilson;  ed.  Dore  schl., 

§rad.  St.  Patrick's  Comm.  Acad.  1890;  employed  by  Reid,  Mur- 
och  A  Co.  as  accountant,  1890;  Morris  &  Co.,  1894-96;  Good- 
rich Transit  Co.,  1896,  resigning  from  latter  position  Jan.  1. 
1911;  elected  demo.  rep.  25th  Sen.  ilM.  to  45th  and  47th  111. 
assemblies;  demo.  aid.  27th  ward,  April,  1910;  resigned  as  rep. 
Gen.  Assembly,  April  12,  1910;  mem.  firm  of  Wilson  &  Weren; 
past  chancellor  Irving  Park  Council;  mem.  K.  C.,  Catholic  Or- 
der of  Foresters.  Royal  Arcanum:  club.  Gray  land:  offices,  Schil- 
ler Bldg.  and  4400  Milwaukee  Ave. 


SULLIVAN,  THOMAS  M.,  trustee  Sanitary  dist.,  Chicago;  b. 
Owego,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1862;  s.  Patrick  and  Julia  (Ahern)  Sul- 
livan; ed.  pub.  schls.  Owego  and  Bus.  Univ.,  Buffalo.  X.  Y.;  held 
positions  with  several  railroad  companies;  resided  In  Chicago 
twenty-five  years;  employed  in  election  commrs.  office  1906-10; 
elected  to  Sanitary  bd.  on  dem.  ticket,  1910;  mem.  K.  C.  and 
Royal  League;  office.  First  Nat.  Bank  Bldg. 


SIMONS,  FRANKLIN  P.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  New  York  City, 
Sept.  18,  1853;  s.  Nelson  P.  and  Henrietta  (Height)  Simons;  or- 
phaned at  7;  ed.  country  schls.  in  N.  Y.  state;  began  study  of  law 
nights  at  age  of  Ifi;  came  to  Chi.  1872;  adm.  bar  1878;  defended 
Mark  Gray,  who  attempted  to  shoot  Kdwin  Booth  at  McVickers' 
Theater;  phbUahed  treatise  on  111.  probate  practice,  1907;  lecturer 
In  Chi.  law  schls.;  Mason,  K.  T.,  R.  A.;  office,  Marquette  Bldg. 


ALLER,  MATHIAS,  president,  Home  Brewery,  Chicago;  b.  Eagle 
River,  Wis..  Jan.  2s,  1S6!);  s.  Lambert  and  Anna  (i'assmall)  Aller; 
ed.  schls.  Fort  Washington,  Wis.;  came  to  Chicago  1887  and  en- 
gaged in  brewery  business;  one  of  the  promoters  of  Home  Brewery, 
1907;  appt.  chra.  bd.  of  dirs.  of  House  of  Correction,  July,  1911 
office.  2654-2670  Elston  Ave. 


165 


SCHOCK.  FREDERICK  R.,  architect,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Apr. 
7,  1854;  married,  Chicago,  1887.  Sara  Fitzgerald;  children,  Natalie. 
Jean;  residence,  5804  Midway  Park,  Austin;  office,  21  N.  La 
Salle  St. 


RADA,  KAREL  E.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Bohemia,  Mar.  6,  1878;  s. 
John  and  Antonie  (Zaruba)  Rada;  came  to  Chi.  with  parents  at  the 
age  of  8;  ed.  Chi.  pub.  schls.;  LL.  B.,  111.  Coll.  of  Law,  1902;  after 
graduation  worked  as  law  elk.  until  when  commenced  to  practice; 
mem.  K.  T.;  office.  City  Hall  Square  Bidg. 


KOLZE,  HENRY  J.,  proprietor  of  restaurant,  Chicago;  b.  Kolze, 
111.,  June  23,  1860:  s.  William  Kolze;  ed.  pub.  schls.  and  business 
coll.,  Chi.;  moved  to  Dunning,  111..  18S6  and  built  the  hotel  and 
restaurant  which  he  now  operates:  completed  Kolze's  Electric 
Park  on  his  property,  1901;  repub.;  elected  mem.  b(".  Cook  county 
commrs.  1(K)4;  address.  f.li.V-t  Irving  Park  Blvd. 


BEMIS,  EDWARD  W..  public  utility  expert,  Chicago;  b.  Apr.  7. 
1860.  Springfield,  Mass.;  s.  Daniel  Webster  and  Mary  Wood 
(Tinker)  Bemis;  ed.  Springfield  pub.  schls.,  A.  B.  Amherst  Coll., 
1884;  Ph.D.  Johns  Hopkins  Univ..  1885;  was  nrst  unlv.  extension 
lecturer  in  I".  S.,  1886:  asso.  professor  economics  Vanderbilt  Univ.. 
1888-92,  and  Univ.  of  Chi.,  1892-5;  supt.  Cleveland  water  dept., 
1901-9;  has  been  employed  as  pub.  utility  expert  In  many  cities; 
mem.  Am.  Economic  Assn..  Am.  Statistical  Assn..  Ohio  Soc.  Civil 
and  Mech.  Kngrs.;  clubs.  City  (X.  Y.)  Reform  (N.  Y.);  office, 
City  Hall. 


166 


WOLF,  ADAM,  mem.  board  of  assessors,  Chicago;  b.  Stadecken. 
Germany,  Jan.  5,  1857;  s.  Nicholas  and  Marlanna  (Zimmerman) 
Wolf;  came  with  parents  to  U.  S.  In  1864,  settling  In  Chicago;  ed. 
pub.  scnls.  Chi.;  repub.;  elected  west  town  collector  1893,  elected 
city  treas.  for  term  1895-7;  elected  1898.  1902  and  1908  (for  6-year 
term  mem.  of  bd  of  assessors  Cook  co.:  long  active  In  repub. 
politics  as  mem.  of  co.  and  state  come.;  office,  County  Bldg. 


KUNZE,  L.  G.,  of  Chicago,  has  been  in  retail  fruit  business  for  more 
than  30  years.  For  20  years  he  was  located  at  60  State  St.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Am.  Geographical  Soc.  and  several  fraternal  or- 
ganizations. He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Chicago  Art  Institute  and 
has  been  Identified  with  the  Chicago  Civic  Federation  and  the  Chi- 
cago Association  of  Commerce.  He  Is  Interested  in  the  Chicago 
Horticultural  Society.  His  present  business  address  is  18  E. 
Randolph  St. 


SITTS,  LEWIS  Decommission  merchant.  Chicago;  b.  Caughdunay, 
N.  Y.,  July,  1861;  s.  Geo.  H.  and  Eliza  (Walts)  Sltts;  ed.  pub. 
schls.  Chi. ;  with  nrm  of  H.  P.  Stanley  Co.,  comm.  merchants,  1878- 
93;  since  then  in  business  for  self  under  name  of  Howland  &  Sitts; 
repub.;  elected  alderman  of  17th  ward  1903  and  served  continu- 
ously since;  mem.  H.  L.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.:  office,  address,  19  E.  S. 
Water  St. 


REDMOND,  ANDREW  J.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
1864;  came  to  111.  1871;  ed.  pub.  schl.  De  Kalb,  No.  111.  Normal 
schl.  and  Northwestern  Univ.  law  schl.;  taught  schl.  in  Ogle  Co.; 
adm.  111.  bar  1891;  atty.  for  Barrington  7  yrs.,  Forest  Park  3  yrs.. 
Wauconda  3  yrs..  River  Grove  2  yrs..  Lake  Zurich  2  yrs.,  Cicero 
2  terms;  mem.  Chi.  Bar.  Assn.,  Chi.  Assn.  of  Commerce;  club, 
A.  A.;  office.  Stock  Exchange  Bldg. 


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ILLIAM  HALE  THOMPSON,  one  of  the  leaders  of  Chicago 
political,  business  and  social  life,  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass., 
May  14,  1869,  the  son  of  William  Hale  and  Medora  (Gale) 
Thompson.  He  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  Chicago  in 
his  infancy  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  the  Fes- 
senden  preparatory  school  and  the  Metropolitan  Business  College. 

He  spent  several  years  on  cattle  ranches  in  Wyoming  and  Montana, 
and  when  his  father's  death  recalled  him  to  Chicago  during  his  twenty- 
first  year,  he  was  the  owner  of  a  ranch  in  western  Nebraska  stocked  with 
6,000  head  of  cattle.  He  has  been  in  active  charge  of  the  Thompson 
Estate  for  twenty-two  years,  and  is  one  of  the  best-informed  men  in  the  city 
on  Chicago  real  estate. 

Mr.  Thompson  is  a  republican  and  served  in  the  council  as  alderman 
from  the  second  ward  during  1900  and  1901.  He  was  instrumental  in 
the  passage  of  the  city  ordinance  for  the  establishment  for  the  first  Chicago 
children's  free  playground,  at  Wabash  Avenue  and  Twenty-fourth  Street. 
He  was  elected  county  commissioner  in  1902  and  served  two  years. 

Mr.  Thompson  has  been  active  in  the  world  of  sports.  For  two  seasons, 
1895  and  1896,  he  was  captain  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association  football 
team,  which,  in  the  latter  year,  carried  off  the  championship  honors  of 
the  United  States  among  athletic  clubs.  He  is  noted  as  a  yachtsman  and 
owns  and  sails  the  "Valmore, "  which  has  won  the  331-mile  race  from 
Chicago  to  Mackinac  Island  three  times  during  the  past  four  years.  He 
was,  for  many  years,  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association  water 
polo  team. 

In  1904,  with  four  associates,  Mr.  Thompson  organized  the  Illinois 
Athletic  Club.  He  negotiated  a  ninety-nine  year  lease  on  the  site  which 
the  club's  building  occupies  in  Michigan  Avenue  and  financed  the  building 
of  the  million-dollar  club  house.  He  was  the  first  president  of  the  club, 
and  served  in  that  capacity  for  four  years.  His  office  is  at  38  South  Dear- 
born Street. 


176 


PAYNE,  JOHN  BARTON,  lawyer.  Chicago,  was  horn  at  Pruntytown,  Va..  Jan.  26,  1855;  the  son  of  Dr.  Amos  and 
Elizabeth  B.  (Smith)  Payne.  He  was  educated  at  private  schools,  1860-70,  and  admitted  to  the  bar  In  1876. 
Mr.  Payne  began  his  law  practice  at  Kingwood,  Preston  Co.,  W.  Va.,  In  1877,  and  continued  In  the  profession 
there  until  1882.  He  was  chairman  of  the  democratic  committee  of  Preston  Co.,  1877-82;  special  judge  circuit 
court.  Tucker  Co.,  W.  Va.,  1880;  and  mayor  of  Kingwood.  18S2.  Judge  Payne  removed  to  Chicago  in  1S83  and 
was  engaged  here  In  practice  of  law  until  isy«,  when  he  was  elected  on  democratic  ticket  judge  of  superior  court 
for  Cook  county,  his  term  expiring  In  189H.  He  has  been  senior  member  of  the  tlrm  of  Winston,  Payne,  Strawn  & 
Shaw  since  1903  and  was  elected  pres.  Bd.  of  South  Park  Commrs.,  March  16,  1911.  He  was  president  of  the 
Chicago  Law  Institute  In  18H9.  Judge  Payne  has  been  one  of  the  leading  figures  in  public  life  of  Chicago  for 
many  years  and  prominently  Identified  with  civic  and  reform  movements;  clubs,  rnion  League,  Chicago,  Union, 
Law,  Chicago  Golf,  Caxton,  Forty.  Mid-Day  and  Wayfarers;  office.  First  Nat.  Bank  Bldg. 


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ENJAMIN  LA  FON  WINCHELL,  president  of  Frisco  Rail- 
way Lines,  Chicago;  b.  Palmyra,  Mo.,  July  8,  1858;  s.  Joseph 
C.  Rice  and  Kate  Anna  (La  Fon)  Winchell;  ed.  ward  and  high 
school,  Hannibal,  Mo.  Mr.  Winchell  entered  the  railway  ser- 
vice in  July,  1873,  and  since  that  time  has  been  in  the  operat- 
ing, auditing,  mechanical,  traffic,  and  executive  departments  of  most  of  the 
leading  lines  of  the  West,  as  follows:  July,  1873,  to  1875,  clerk  in  office  super- 
intendent machinery,  and,  1875  to  1877,  clerk  in  auditor's  office  Hannibal  & 
St.  Joseph  Railroad;  Nov.  27,  1877,  to  Dec.  31,  1878,  chief  clerk  in  general 
freight  and  ticket  office,  and,  Jan.  1,  1879,  to  March  21,  1880,  assistant 
general  passenger  agent  Atchison  &  Nebraska  Railroad;  April  1  to  June  1, 
1880,  chief  clerk  general  passenger  department  Kansas  City,  Ft.  Scott  &  Gulf 
and  Kansas  City,  Lawrence  &  Southern  Kansas  railroads;  July  1,  1880,  to 
June  1,  1882,  assistant  general  passenger  and  ticket  agent  same  roads;  June 
1, 1882,  to  May  1, 1895,  assistant  general  passenger  and  ticket  agent  Kansas 
City,  Ft.  Scott  &  Memphis  and  Kansas  City,  Memphis  &  Birmingham 
railroads;  May  1,  1895,  to  May  1,  1898,  general  passenger  and  ticket  agent 
Union  Pacific,  Denver  &  Gulf  and  Denver,  Leadville  &  Gunnison  railways; 
May  1  to  Dec.  1,  1898,  general  passenger  agent  St.  Louis  &  San  Francisco 
Railroad;  Dec.  1,  1898,  to  Oct.  15,  1900,  vice-president  and  traffic  manager 
Colorado  &  Southern  Railway;  Oct.  15,  1900,  to  Aug.  15,  1902,  president 
and  general  manager  Kansas  City,  Ft.  Scott  &  Memphis  System;  Aug.  15, 
1902,  to  Oct.  15,  1903,  vice-president  and  general  manager  St.  Louis  &  San 
Francisco  System;  Oct.  15,  1903,  to  April  5,  1904,  first  vice-president  St. 
Louis  &  San  Francisco  System,  third  vice-president  Chicago,  Rock  Island 
&  Pacific  Railway,  and  vice-president  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad, 
and  Evansville  &  Terre  Haute  Railroad;  April  6,  1904,  to  Dec.  3,  1909, 
president  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Railroad;  Dec.  3,  1909,  to  date, 
president  Frisco  Lines;  clubs,  St.  Louis,  St.  Louis  Country,  St.  Louis 
Racquet,  Denver  (Denver),  Kansas  City  Country,  Pickwick  (New  Orleans), 
Railroad,  Automobile  of  America  (New  York),  Union  League,  C.  A.  A., 
Midlothian,  Onwentsia,  Exmoor,  South  Shore,  Automobile,  Saddle  and 
Cycle,  Glen  View,  Chicago  Golf;  office,  La  Salle  Station. 


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B.  L.  WINCHELL 


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LFRED  STROMBERG,  of  Chicago,  manufacturer  of  tele- 
phone apparatus,  was  born  near  Stockholm,  Sweden,  fifty 
years  ago.  His  father  was  a  pioneer  Swedish  manufacturer 
of  threshing  machines  and  other  farming  implements,  and 
Alfred,  early  in  life,  showed  an  aptitude  for  mechanical 
contrivances.  He  began  work  in  electrical  plants  of  his  native  country 
and  in  Denmark  and  became  grounded  in  the  fundamentals  of  electricity 
and  especially  of  telephone  building.  He  assisted  in  the  test  of  the  first 
Bell  telephone  instruments  sent  to  Stockholm  and  from  1870  to  1880  did 
considerable  work  on  the  installation  of  telephone  exchanges  there.  Later 
he  had  charge  of  the  installation  of  exchanges  throughout  the  northern 
peninsular  and  Denmark. 

He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1883  and  began  as  a  workman  for  the 
Bell  company.  For  five  years  he  was  employed  in  the  instrument  depart- 
ment of  the  Bell  company  in  Chicago,  and  during  that  time  he  perfected 
a  number  of  inventions.  He  later  worked  for  the  Thomson-Houston 
Electric  Company,  installing  lighting  systems  in  Chicago,  this  employment 
being  followed  by  his  appointment  as  superintendent  of  the  Chicago 
Protective  Company's  burglar  alarm  system. 

On  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the  fundamental  patents  on  the  tele- 
phone receiver,  Mr.  Stromberg  started  the  development  of  independent 
telephone  apparatus.  He  was  the  controlling  spirit  in  the  organization  of 
the  Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Company.  It  was  said 
to  be  due  to  the  evolution  by  this  firm  of  the  central  energy  system  to  com- 
pete with  the  common  battery  system  that  made  the  independent  telephone 
business  profitable  and  opened  the  door  for  the  establishment  of  the  25,000 
separate  locally  owned  companies  operating  more  than  5,000,000  telephones 
in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Stromberg  has  large  interests  in  Cuban  plan- 
tations and  in  various  other  enterprises.  He  is  at  the  head  of  the  Strom- 
berg Electric  Company  and  is  also  interested  in  the  Simplex  Manufacturing 
Company.  He  has  a  beautiful  home  at  5442  Sheridan  Road,  Chicago. 


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ALFRED   STROM  BERG 


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ALTER  CLYDE  JONES,  lawyer  and  state  senator  of  Chicago, 
was  born  at  Pilot  Grove,  la.,  Dec.  27, 1870,  the  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Sarah  (Buffington)  Jones.  He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  at  Keokuk,  la.;  next 
he  attended  the  Iowa  State  College  at  Armes,  la.,  where  he 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.  M.  E.,  later  receiving  the  honorary  degree 
of  M.  E.  He  took  a  course  at  the  Chicago  College  of  Law,  graduating  in 
1894,  and  in  1895  he  graduated  from  Lake  Forest  University,  with  the  degree 
of  LL.  B.  In  1896  he  began  practicing  law  in  Chicago.  In  1897  he  formed 
a  partnership,  under  the  style  of  Ludington  &  Jones;  this  firm  continued 
until  1899,  when  the  firm  of  Jones  &  Addington  was  formed;  later  Mr.  Ames 
became  a  member,  and  thereafter  Mr.  Seibold  was  admitted,  the  title 
becoming  Jones,  Addington,  Ames  &  Seibold,  having  offices  both  in  Chicago 
and  New  York  City.  The  Chicago  office  is  situated  at  No.  105  West 
Monroe  Street,  and  the  New  York  office  at  2  Rector  Street. 

Mr.  Jones  was  elected  state  senator  from  the  Hyde  Park  district  on  the 
republican  ticket  in  1906,  and  was  re-elected  in  1910.  From  1907  to  1909 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Chicago  charter  convention.  In  the  special  session 
of  1908  he  introduced  and  led  the  fight  for  the  enactment  of  the  first  direct 
primary  law  in  Illinois,  and  when  this  law  was  declared  unconstitutional 
by  the  supreme  court  he  rewrote  the  law  to  meet  the  objections  of  the 
supreme  court  and  led  the  fight  in  the  legislature  which  resulted  in  the 
re-enactment  of  the  law. 

Mr.  Jones  was  made  chairman  of  the  republican  steering  committee  and 
floor  leader  of  the  senate  during  the  session  of  1909  and  the  special  session 
of  1910.  In  the  session  of  1911  he  was  chairman  of  the  senate  executive 
committee  and  republican  floor  leader.  He  is  the  author  (conjointly  with 
K.  H.  Addington)  of  "Jones  &  Addington's  Annotated  Statutes  of  Illinois," 
also  of  the  "Encyclopedia  of  Illinois  Laws."  He  is  the  editor  (conjointly 
with  K.  H.  Addington)  of  the  "Appellate  Court  Reports  of  Illinois." 
Mr.  Jones  is  treasurer  and  a  director  of  the  Benjamin  Electric  Mfg.  Co. 
and  vice-president  and  a  director  of  the  Stromberg  Electric  Company. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs:  Union  League,  University,  Hamil- 
ton, City,  Press,  Quadrangle,  Kenwood  and  Homewood,  all  of  Chicago, 
and  of  the  Cosmos  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  of  the  Lawyers'  of  New  York 
City,  the  Franklin  Institute  of  Philadelphia,  the  American  Society  of  Me- 
chanical Engineers  of  New  York,  the  Illinois  State  Bar  Association,  the  Chi- 
cago Bar  Association,  and  was  lately  president  of  the  Chicago  Electrical 
Association. 


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REAT  projects  of  river  and  lake  improvement  have  marked 
the  development  of  Chicago  and  other  cities  on  Lake  Michi- 
gan and  the  other  great  lakes,  and  as  a  consequence  large 
companies,  capable  of  handling  immense  contracts,  have 
grown  up.  Among  these  is  the  Great  Lakes  Dredge  &  Dock 
Company,  of  which  William  Anthony  Lydon  is  the  president. 

Mr.  Lydon  was  born  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  9,  1863.  He  was  the  son 
of  Michael  B.  and  Anna  (Hopkins)  Lydon. 

He  went  through  the  courses  of  the  grammar  and  high  schools  and 
received  the  degree  of  B.  M.  at  Lehigh  University,  at  South  Bethlehem, 
Pa.,  in  1886  and  the  degree  of  E.  M.,  in  1887. 

After  his  graduation,  Mr.  Lydon  came  to  Chicago  and  entered  the 
service  of  the  city  as  a  civil  engineer.  He  was  employed  on  several  big 
improvement  projects  from  1887  to  1890  and  in  1891  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Lydon  &  Drews  Company,  general  river  and  harbor  contrac- 
tors. He  was  a  member  of  that  company  from  1891  until  1904,  when  it 
was  merged  with  other  large  firms  in  a  similar  line  of  endeavor  into  the 
Great  Lakes  Dredge  &  Dock  Company,  of  which  he  has  been  president  since 
its  formation. 

Mr.  Lydon  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
the  Western  Society  of  Engineers  and  Delta  Upsilon  fraternity. 

His  clubs  include  the  South  Shore,  the  Iroquois,  the  Chicago  Athletic 
Association,  the  Chicago  Engineers',  the  Chicago  Yacht  and  the  Columbia 
Yacht.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat.  His  office  is  in  the  Monroe  Bldg., 
Chicago. 

The  plant  owned  and  operated  by  the  Great  Lakes  Dredge  &  Dock 
Company  includes  35  dredges,  36  tugs  and  steamboats,  180  deck  and  dump 
scows,  6  large  drill  boats  for  drilling  and  blasting  submarine  rock,  40  shore 
and  floating  pile  drivers,  50  shore  and  floating  derricks.  If  the  equip- 
ment of  the  company  were  collected  and  placed  end  to  end,  it  would  extend 
in  a  line  more  than  four  miles.  Among  the  works  completed  or  now  under 
way  by  the  GREAT  LAKES  DREDGE  &  DOCK  COMPANY  in  Chicago  are  the 
dredging  of  the  outer  harbor  basin,  the  construction  of  the  Chicago  outer 
lighthouse  and  the  construction  of  the  concrete  superstructure  on  the 
north  pier.  This  company  has  constructed  almost  every  bridge  spanning 
the  Chicago  river. 


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\V.  A.  LYDON 


185 


ILLIAM  KISSACK,  civil  engineer  and  contractor  of  Chicago, 
was  born  in  Liverpool,  England,  May  15,  1859,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Kissack,  a  well-known  English  architect.  Mr. 
Kissack's  early  education  was  received  at  the  Hollybank 
school,  Birkdale,  Lancashire,  from  which  he  went  to  the 
engineering  school  of  Liverpool  University  College. 

After  getting  his  college  degree,  Mr.  Kissack  practiced  his  profession 
for  seven  years  in  England,  paying  particular  attention  to  sewerage.  He 
was  also  engaged  on  coast  defense  work  and  in  different  branches  of  the 
government  ordnance  survey  under  the  officers  of  the  corps  of  royal  en- 
gineers. 

Chicago  attracted  Mr.  Kissack,  and  he  moved  to  the  metropolis  of  the 
West  in  1883.  He  was  associated  with  John  A.  Cole  as  assistant  engineer 
on  municipal  work  in  the  suburbs  around  Chicago  and  in  the  construction 
of  the  long  tunnel  under  the  bed  of  Lake  Michigan  for  the  Hyde  Park 
waterworks. 

He  joined  the  engineering  department  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  & 
Quincy  Railroad,  in  1884,  and  in  that  capacity  served  two  years.  During 
1886-7  he  was  employed  with  the  Chicago  West  Division  Railway  and  during 
1887-8-9  was  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  line  of  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  from  Kansas  City  to  Chicago. 

Mr.  Kissack  was  town  engineer  of  Cicero  in  1889  and  1890  and  in  the 
latter  year  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Kissack  &  Muir,  contractors. 
This  connection  lasted  until  1895,  when  he  entered  the  contracting  business 
for  himself.  He  became  paving  superintendent  for  the  Dolese  &  Shepard 
Company  and  organized  and  managed  the  Union  Paving  Company  for  that 
company  until  1902. 

From  1902  to  1910  Mr.  Kissack  was  president  and  general  manager  of 
the  American  Crushed  Stone  Company,  and  for  the  last  two  years  he  has 
been  in  the  paving  and  general  contracting  business  for  himself. 

He  is  a  Mason  and  an  Elk  and  a  life  member  of  the  Chicago  Press  Club. 
He  was  married  in  Chicago  on  Jan.  11,  1886,  to  Julia  Cecilia  Buechner  of 
Pfungstadt.  Germany.  Office,  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg. 


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RODE  BEDFORD  DAVIS,  of  the  Chicago  bar,  was  born  at 
Lewis,  la.,  on  Jan.  15,  1868,  the  son  of  Mahlon  J.  and  Pris- 
cilla  K  (Shuman)  Davis.  He  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Iowa  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  from  the 
University  of  Michigan,  in  1890. 

Mr.  Davis  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Illinois  and  Michigan  in  1890, 
and  from  1892  to  1900  was  a  member  of  the  Chicago  law  firm  of  Walker  & 
Davis.  Later  he  was  an  office  associate  of  Frank  O.  Lowden,  and  Frederick 
R.  Babcock  and  associated  with  John  M.  Rankin. 

Mr.  Davis  has  been  prominent  in  some  of  the  most  important  litigation 
before  the  courts  in  Chicago  in  recent  years,  notably  the  celebrated  packers' 
"immunity  bath"  case.  He  also  has  been  before  the  supreme  court  of  the 
United  States  in  several  railroad  cases  of  great  importance. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Association,  the  Illinois  Bar 
Association,  the  Chicago  Bar  Association  and  of  the  following  clubs;  Union 
League,  University,  Calumet,  Mid-Day,  Illinois  Athletic,  Hamilton,  City, 
Chicago  Law  and  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association. 

Mr.  Davis  was  connected  with  the  aldermanic  graft  investigation  in 
Chicago  as  special  counsel  of  the  investigating  committee. 

He  has  not  achieved  prominence  in  the  practice  of  law  alone,  but  has 
made  a  success  of  several  business  undertakings.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Mahin  Advertising  Agency,  of  Chicago,  and  also  is  president  of  the  Battle 
Creek  Breakfast  Food  Company,  Limited. 

Mr.  Davis  has  taken  leading  part  in  republican  politics  in  Chicago. 

His  office  is  at  108  S.  La  Salle  St. 


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HUODE   B.  DAVIS 


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EW  financiers  of  Chicago  are  better  known  than  Henry 
Augustus  Blair,  who  was  born  at  Michigan  City,  Ind.,  July  6, 
1852,  the  son  of  Chauncey  Buckley  and  Caroline  O.  (De 
Graff)  Blair.  Mr.  Blair  was  educated  at  Williston  Seminary, 
Easthampton,  Mass.,  and  after  leaving  school  in  1871  moved 
to  Chicago  and  entered  the  service  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank,  of 
which  his  father  had  been  the  founder. 

Mr.  Blair  remained  with  the  Merchants'  Bank  until  1902,  when  its  con- 
solidation with  the  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank  found  him  in  the  position 
of  vice-president.  Mr.  Blair  was  appointed  receiver  of  the  North  Chicago 
Street  Railway  and  of  the  West  Chicago  Street  Railway  and  remained  in 
that  position  until  both  the  lines  were  consolidated  with  the  Chicago 
Railways  Company. 

Few  men  have  exerted  a  wider  influence  on  the  transportation  lines  of 
Chicago  than  Mr.  Blair.  It  was  mainly  through  his  efforts  that  the  merger 
of  the  elevated  railroads  of  the  city  was  brought  about.  He  was  the  chief 
promoter  of  the  absorption  of  the  Consolidated  Traction  Company  by  the 
Chicago  Railways  Company,  resulting  in  the  practical  unification  of  the 
street  railways  of  the  city,  and  his  energies  and  counsel  have  been  directed 
toward  the  rapid  rehabilitation  of  the  railway  properties  of  the  entire  city. 

He  is  vice-president  of  the  Illinois  Trust  and  Savings  bank  and  director  of 
the  Union  Trust  Company,  the  Calumet  and  Chicago  Canal  &  Dock  Com- 
pany, the  Elgin  National  Watch  Company,  and  the  Commonwealth  Edison 
Company.  Mr.  Blair  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Chicago 
Railways  Company  and  belongs  to  the  following  clubs:  Chicago,  Union 
League,  C.  A.  A.,  Caxton,  Chicago  Golf,  Midlothian,  South  Shore,  Exmoor, 
Onwentsia  and  Saddle  and  Cycle.  His  office  is  in  the  Borland  Blk. 


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LBERT  J.  EARLING,  president  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
&  St.  Paul  Railway,  has  worked  his  way  to  the  top  from  a 
beginning  made  as  agent  at  a  small  Wisconsin  station  of  the 
road  of  which  he  is  now  the  head. 

Mr.  Earling  was  born  at  Richfield,  Wis.,  Jan.  19,  1849. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  had  had  a  common  school  education  and  had 
taken  up  the  study  of  telegraphy.  He  began  his  service  with  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee,  &  St.  Paul  company  as  telegraph  operator  in  1866  at  the  station 
at  Watertown,  Wis.  He  served  as  telegrapher  and  train  dispatcher  nine 
years,  assistant  superintendent  four  years,  division  superintendent  two 
years,  from  1882  to  1884,  and  was  assistant  general  superintendent  from 
1884  to  1888. 

Promotion  to  general  superintendent  followed  and  Mr.  Earling  served 
in  that  capacity  until  1890.  He  was  general  manager  from  1890  to  1899 
and  second  vice-president  from  1895  to  1899.  He  has  occupied  the  position 
of  president  since  September,  1899.  Under  Mr.  Earling's  direction,  the 
Pacific  coast  extension  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railway  was 
projected  and  built,  giving  the  road  access  direct  to  western  tidewater. 
His  office  is  in  the  Railway  Exchange  Building. 

Mr.  Earling's  success  as  a  railroad  man  is  attributed  by  his  friends  and 
colleagues  to  his  untiring  devotion  to  duty,  no  problem  being  too  involved 
to  be  solved  and  no  barrier  too  high  to  be  surmounted.  An  unusual  power 
of  mental  concentration  and  a  splendid  physique,  making  him  capable  of 
withstanding  long  periods  of  physical  labor  without  fatigue,  have  con- 
tributed to  his  rise.  These  qualities  were  thoroughly  tested  when  the 
Pacific  coast  extension  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  road  was 
carried  to  completion.  Mr.  Earling  followed  the  work  step  by  step,  from 
the  earliest  beginning,  and  no  feature  of  it,  from  the  smallest  detail  to  the 
most  gigantic  of  the  engineering  feats,  escaped  hs  personal  attention  and 
direction. 


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COPLEY,  IRA  CLIFTON,  representative  in  congress  of  Aurora,  was  born  in  Knox  county,  Oct.  25,  1864.  His 
family  moved  to  Aurora  in  1867  and  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  that  city,  graduating  from  the  West 
Aurora  high  school  in  1881.  He  prepared  for  college  at  Jennings  Seminary.  Aurora,  and  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  1887,  with  the  degree  of  B.  A.  He  graduated  from  the  Union  College  of  Law,  Chicago,  in  1889  and 
has  been  connected  with  the  gas  and  electric  light  business  of  Aurora  and  the  Fox  river  valley.  He  la  the  owner 
of  the  Aurora  Daily  Beacon  and  the  Elgin  Daily  Courier.  He  was  elected  to  congress  on  the  republican  ticket 
in  1910  and  renominated  at  the  primaries,  April  9,  1912.  Address,  Aurora,  111. 


200 


MULLIKEN,  ALFRED  HENRY,  pres.  Pettlbone,  Mulliken  &  Co.,  Chicago;  b.  Augusta  Me.,  Dec.  11,  1853;  son 
Charles  H.  and  Saruh  (Hallest)  Mulliken;  ed.  pub.  schools  of  Me.:  In  employ  of  Crerar,  Adams  &  Co.,  ry  sup- 
plies, 1N6S-80;  in  business  for  self,  1SHO-5;  sold  out  to  Crerar,  Adams  &  Co.,  1885,  and  organized  Pettlbone,  Mul- 
liken &  Co.  (Inc.).  of  which  was  serty.  and  treas.,  isxr>  -<)<);  since  then  pres.;  largely  engaged  In  the  mfr.  of  frogs, 
crossings  and  switch  material;  dir.  Continental  and  Commercial  Xat.  Bank,  vice-pres.  Ry.  Business  Assn.;  mem. 
Chicago  Assn.  of  Commerce.  III.  Mfrs.  Assn.,  Chicago  Hist.  Soc.;  Art  Inst.  of  Chicago,  Am.  Museum  of  Natural 
Hist.  (New  York),  Am.  Acad.  ot  Political  anil  Social  Science  (Phila).;  clubs,  Chicago.  Chicago  Golf,  Glen  View, 
Mid-Day,  also  Railroad,  Metropolitan,  Mid-Day  (New  York);  office,  Marquette  Bldg. 


201 


WOOLLEY,  CLARENCE  MOTT,  pre«.  American  Radiator  Company;  b.  Detroit,  Mich.,  Sept.  15,  18(13:  s.  Smith 
Renaselaer  and  Marie  Richardson  (Smith]  Wool  ley:  with  Klsk  &  Co.,  Detroit,  in  minor  position,  to  1887;  began 
to  manufacture  radiators  1SS7;  one  of  organizers  of  Michigan  Radiator  &  Iron  Co.,  1887,  and  was  dir.  and 
secty.  until  1892;  assisted  in  organizing  1S02  and  pres.  and  dir.  since  1902,  the  American  Radiator  Company 
of  Chicago:  clubs.  Saddle  and  Cycle,  Chicago.  Chicago  Ooir,  (Chicago)  and  t'nion  and  Metropolitan  X.  Y.  City: 
office.  820  S  Michigan  Ave. 


202 


O'CONNELL,  WILLIAM  L.,  treasurer  of  Cook  county,  was  born  in  Chicago  in  1871,  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  St.  John's  Academy.  He  later  took  a  three-year  law  course  at  Northwestern  University.  He  was 
appointed  commissioner  of  public  works  under  Mayor  Dunne  and  for  four  years  was  chairman  of  the  democratic 
county  central  committee.  Mr.  O'Connell  was  elected  treasurer  of  Cook  county  Nov.  8,  1910. 


203 


STANTON,  WALTER  THOMAS,  lawyer  of  Chicago,  was  born  in  Chicago.  April  5,  1K77,  the  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Burke)  Stanton.  He  attended  the  public  grammar  and  high  schools  and  received  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
from  Lake  Forest  University  in  1S97.  Admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  l.s'.is.  hr  was  appointed  town  attorney  for 
the  town  or  I-ake  in  1900,  was  assistant  prosecuting  attorney  for  the  city  of  Chicago  hi  l!K)3  and  assistant  cor- 
poration counsel  In  1905.  He  is  a  democrat  and  was  nominated  for  state  senator  in  the  llth  senatorial  district 
In  1906.  He  was  nominated  at  the  primaries  for  judge  of  the  superior  court  In  1911.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  A.  O.  H.,  North  American  Union,  C.  O.  F.,  United  Irish  Societies,  and  the  Chicago  Bar 
Association;  office.  Reaper  Blk. 


204 


MOODY,  WALTER  DW1GHT,  managing  director  of  the  Chicago  Plan  Commission,  was  born  in  Detroit,  Jan.  16. 
1874.  He  is  the  son  of  Rev.  Edward  Bursell  and  Anna  Maria  (Oullloz)  Moody;  his  father  Is  a  native  of  London. 
England,  and  a  clergyman  of  the  Baptist  Church;  his  mother  is  a  native  of  France,  both  coming  to  America  with 


parents  about  1855  and  settling  in  Detroit.     He 
goods  trade;  became  connected  as  traveling  sal 
Detroit,  1891,  continuing  until  IS'tK;  organized, 
of  which  was  vice-pres.  and  European  buyer  uii 


Gage  Bros.  &  Co.,  Chicago,  1904-7;  became  deei 
Chicago  Association  of  Commerce)  and  held  se 
previous  to  being  elected  business  manager  of 


ad  a  public  school  education.     Began  active  career  at  14  in  dry 
with  the  wholesale  millinery  llrtn  of  Macau  ley  &  Co., 
sits,  wholesale  millinery  house  of  Mitchell-Moody-Garton  Co., 
I  fall  of  1904;  sales  malinger  of  wholesale  millinery  house  of 


y  interested  in  the  Chicago  Commercial  Association  (now  The 
eral  important  coinmitree  chairmanships  in  the  organization 

he  association  in    December,    1007.      He  was  elected  general 


manager  Jan.  5,  1909,  and  resigned  as  general  manager  to  accept  appointment  as  managing  director.  The  Chicago 
Plan  Commission.  Jan.  15,  1911.  He  is  a  member  of  the  advNory  board  of  the  La  Salle  Kx tension  University. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Press  Club.  He  is  the  author  of  "Men  Who  Sell  Things."  8th  edition,  1910;  office.  Room 
314.  Hotel  La  Salle. 


205 


HOYNE,  FRANK  O.,  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  July  17,  1854;  s.  Thomas  ami  Leonora  (Temple)  Hoyne; 
eel.  Palmer  Acad.,  Chicago,  and  in  old  Chicago  Univ.;  entered  house  of  Culver,  Pane,  Hoyne  &  Co.,  1872;  U.  S. 
appraiser  at  Chicago.  •>  terms  und.-r  Pros.  Cleveland,  issti  -1)0  and  IK!)  IS;  ISS«J.  with  brother.  James  T.  Hoyne, 
established  llrm  or  Hoyne  Bros.,  later  succeeding  as  sole  owner  of  the  business,  which  is  confined  to  buying, 
selling,  managing  and  renting  business  property,  and  looking  after  estates;  Jan.  1,  1904,  admitted  Duncan  I,. 
Clinch,  flrm  style  becoming  Frank  G.  Hoyne  &  Co.;  dem;  mem.  Chi.  real  estate  board  (dir.  1903-6.  pros.  1906. 
mem  valuation  com  ) ;  mem.  1st  Inf.  I.  N.  G.,  1875-80;  corporal  and  sergeant  Co.  C.,  CJ.-m.'s  sergeant  of  regt., 
capt.  and  q.-m.,  1st  brigade,  1880-4;  since  then  mem.  Veteran  Corps  of  1st  regt.  Inf.;  appt.  1905  mem.  charter 
convention  by  Oov.  Denecn:  mem.  Art  Inst.;  clubs,  Iroquots,  C.  A.  A.,  Press.  Midlothian  (dir.).  \\ausaukee; 
office.  112  N.  La  Salic  St. 


200 


HOELSCHER,  JULIUS  HENRY,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Klmhurst.  111..  Mar.  13.  18f4;  8.  Moritz  and  Sophie 
Hoelscher:  M.  D.  1885,  Northwestern  T'nlv.;  two  yearn  house  physician  Alexian  Bros.Hosp..  In  active  practice 
since  1887;  as^t.  clinical  prof,  medicine.  Rush  Mert.  C)ll.;  mem.  Chicago  and  Illinois  MeJ.  Socs.,  American 
Med.  Assn.,  German  Med.  Hoc.  Physicians'  Club,  Phi  Rho  Sigma  fraternity;  office,  15  E.  Washington  St. 


ENRY  MARISON  BYLLESBY,  electrical  engineer  of  Chica- 
go, was  born  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  on  Feb.  16,  1859.  His  father 
was  the  Rev.  De  Witt  Clinton  Byllesby,  and  his  mother 
Sarah  (Mathews)  Byllesby. 

He  attended  Lehigh  University  at  Bethlehem,  Pa., 
paying  particular  attention  to  the  study  of  electricity  and  after  his  gradua- 
tion he  was  associated  with  Thomas  A.  Edison  in  the  early  days  of  electric 
lighting  in  New  Jersey.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  identified  with  many 
movements  and  advancements  in  electrical  enterprises  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico. 

Mr.  Byllesby  established  in  Chicago  H.  M.  Byllesby  &  Company, 
engineers,  with  branches  in  several  other  cities.  He  is  president  of  the 
company  and  has  under  his  direction  many  important  engineering  projects 
in  all  parts  of  America. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  Puget  Sound  Railroad 
Company,  the  Public  Securities  Company  of  Chicago,  the  Public  Securities 
Company  of  Boston,  and  officer  or  director  of  the  following:  Mobile  (Ala.) 
Electric  Company,  Ft.  Smith  (Ark.)  Light  &  Traction  Company,  Oklahoma 
Gas  &  Electric  Company,  Ottumwa  (la.)  Ry.  &  Light  Company,  San 
Diego  (Cal.)  Consolidated  Gas  &  Electric  Company,  Tacoma  (Wash.) 
Gas  Company,  Northern  Idaho  &  Montana  Power  Company,  Standard 
Gas  &  Electric  Company,  Appalachian  Power  Company,  Securities  Ex- 
change Company,  Northern  States  Power  Company  and  the  National 
Electric  Light  Association. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  American 
Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  the  Western  Society  of  Engineers,  the 
National  Civic  Federation  (mem.  exec,  com.),  the  Chicago  Civic  Federa- 
tion (pres.),  and  belongs  to  the  following  clubs:  Chicago,  Union  League, 
South  Shore,  Mid-Day,  Glen  View,  and  Midlothian  of  Chicago,  the  Lawyers 
and  Railway  of  New  York  City,  the  Minnesota  of  St.  Paul,  and  the  Ar- 
lington, of  Portland,  Ore.  Mr.  Byllesby  was  married  to  Margaret  Stearns 
Baldwin,  at  Roselle,  N.  J.,  June  15,  1882.  In  politics  he  is  a  republican. 
His  summer  home  is  at  Lake  Geneva,  Wis.  His  office  is  in  the  Insurance 
Exchange  Bldg. 


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209 


BEIFELD,  JOSEPH,  president.  Hotel  Sherman  Co.;  b.  Hungary,  Aug.  22,  1853;  came  to  America  1867:  1869-78 
worked  in  wholesale  store  of  Field,  Leiter  &.  Co.;  1878-1902  in  cloak  business  with  brother,  Morris:  1902  leased 
Sherman  House  with  Nelson  Monroe,  whose  interest  he  bought;  established  College  Inn;  promoted  White 
City,  1905;  organized  Hotel  Sherman  Co.,  and  erected  Hotel  Sherman,  1911;  nominated  for  county  com.  on 
repub.  ticket,  1912;  clubs.  Standard.  Hamilton;  office.  Hotel  Sherman. 


210 


BRADLEY,  CHARLES  D.,  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  born  In  Quebec,  Can.,  on  March  26,  1882.  He  is  the  son  of 
Charles  D.  and  Katherine  C.  (Malone)  Bradley.  He  received  his  education  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Chicago,  later  attending  the  Jesuit  College  at  Quebec  ;iml  Toronto  university.  Mr.  Bradley  has  been  assistant 
city  prosecutor  and  assistant  corporation  counsel  of  the  city  of  Chicago;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


211 


FISHBACK,  CHARLES  FREMONT,  pres.  Porter,  Fishback  &  Co.,  bankers,  Chicago;  b.  Independence,  Ind., 
July  9,  1856;  s.  Gen.  William  H.  and  Sarah  (Thomas)  Fishback;  student  Univ.  of  Kan.;  grad.  Poole  Coll.;  LL.  B., 
Washington  Univ.,  St.  Louis,  1880;  adm.  to  St.  Louis  bar,  1880:  practiced  in  Pacific  coast  states;  elected  mem. 
Wyo.  legislature,  1900;  came  to  Chicago,  1902,  and  since  has  been  connected  with  important  financial  enterprises 
as  a  result  of  which  the  present  firm  of  Porter,  Fishback  &  Co.,  bankers,  was  organized:  is  also  pres.  Am.  Life  Ins. 
Co.  of  III.,  and  dir.of  V.  S.  &  Mexican  Trust  Co.  of  N.  Y.  and  London:  repub.;  clubs,  Hamilton.  Marquette,  I.  A. 
C.,  Exmoor  Country:  office.  Commercial  Nat.  Bank  Bldg. 


212 


WALKER,  FRANCIS  WILLIAM,  hiwyer.  (if  Chicago,  was  horn  in  Chicago,  Oct.  12,  1S56.  He  is  the  son  of 
Lucas  B.  and  Lucinda  (LeSuer)  Walker.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  Chicago  public  schools,  later 
attending  the  University  of  Chicago  and  the  Union  College  or  Law.  Mr.  Walker  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Illinois  in  1877.  During  the  years  1884  to  1887  he  was  first  assistant  state's  attorney  of  Cook  County  under 
Julius  S.  Grinnell.  He  was  county  attorney  of  Cook  county  in  1891.  With  Edward  J.  Judd  he  formed  the 
firm  of  Walker  &  Judd.  which  in  1892  became  Walker,  Judd  &  Hawley.  Withdrawing  from  the  firm  in  1898,  he 
has  since  practiced  alone.  He  Is  a  democrat,  32d  degree  Mason,  and  Knight  Templar;  clubs,  Union  League, 
Chicago,  Iroquols;  office,  Marquette  Bldg. 


213 


MARQUETTE,  JESSE  HULSE.  restaurateur,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Jan.  23,  1869;  s.  John  Jacob  and  Alice 
Margaret  (Hulse)  Marquette;  ed.  Chicago  pub.  schools;  employed  as  cashier  lunch  room.  Wells  st.  station, 
Chicago,  June  1,  1S86,  to  Nov.  1,  1893;  manager  dining-room  and  lunch  room,  same,  Nov.  1,  1893,  to  June  1, 
1906;  proprietor,  dining-room  and  lunch  room,  June  1,  1906,  to  June  4,  1911;  now  proprietor,  dinlnn-rouin, 
lunch  room  and  tea  room,  ('.  A  X.  \V.  terminal.  ( 'hirago:  member  Ravenswood  Lodye  777,  A.  !•'.  A-  A.  M  .,  Siloani 
Council,  Chapter  202,  R.  A.M.,  Illinois  Com.  72,  K.  T.,  Medinah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.M.  S..  the  Chicago  Asso- 
ciation of  Commerce,  National  Union;  office.  C.  &  N.  W.  Terminal  Diniug-Room,  Clinton  and  Madison  sts., 
Chicago. 


214 


McWEENY,  JOHN,  general  superintendent  of  police,  Chicago:  I).  Manistee.  Mich.,  1866;  moved  to  Chicago, 
1882;  appointed  to  police  force.  Aug.  15,  ISs.i:  appointed  sergeant,  lx«l:  passed  hisliest  examination  for  lieuten- 
ant, 1900;  later  appointed  captain  and  made  general  superintendent,  April,  1911;  office.  City  Hall. 


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OHN  JACOB  HERRICK,  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  prac- 
ticing at  the  Chicago  bar,  is  a  native  Illinoisan,  having  been 
born  at  Hillsboro,  on  May  25,  1845,  the  son  of  Dr.  William 
B.  and  Martha  (Seward)  Herrick.  His  father  was  the  first 
president  of  the  Illinois  State  Medical  Society. 
Mr.  Herrick  prepared  himself  for  his  college  course  at  Lewiston  Falls, 
Maine.  He  attended  Bowdoin  College  and  graduated  with  the  highest 
honors,  the  valedictorian  of  his  class.  For  two  years  he  taught  school 
in  Hyde  Park  and  attended  law  school,  at  the  same  time  working  in  the 
law  office  of  Higgins,  Swett  &  Quigg.  He  graduated  from  law  school  in 
1868  and  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  the  same  year.  He  remained 
with  the  firm  of  Higgins,  Swett  &  Quigg,  until  1871,  when  he  entered  prac- 
tice on  his  own  account.  In  1878,  with  Wirt  Dexter,  he  established  the 
Chicago  law  firm  of  Dexter,  Herrick  &  Allen. 

In  the  years  that  he  has  practiced  at  the  Chicago  bar  Mr.  Herrick  has 
won  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  successful  counselor  and  trial  lawyer.  He 
has  participated  in  some  of  the  most  important  cases  before  the  courts. 

He  is  now  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Herrick,  Allen  &  Martin.  He  has 
membership  in  the  Chicago  Bar  Association,  the  Chicago  Law  Institute, 
and  the  Citizens'  Association  of  Chicago,  He  belongs  to  the  University, 
Saddle  and  Cycle,  Chicago,  Chicago  Literary  and  Onwentsia  clubs.  His 
office  is  at  72  W.  Adams  St. 

Mr.  Herrick  married  Julie  T.  Du'on  in  New  York  City,  June  28,  1883. 
They  have  three  children,  Clara  M.,  Julie  T.  and  Margaret  J.  Herrick. 
The  Herrick  residence  is  at  45  E.  Schiller  St. 


224 


MORAN,  FRANK  T.,  postmaster,  Belvidere;  b.  Shlrland,  111.,  May 
12,  1872;  educated  public  schools  and  Rockford  Academy;  founded 
Belvidere  Dally  Republican,  1892,  and  publisher  of  same  since; 
appointed  postmaster  Belvidere  by  President  Roosevelt,  Feb.  5, 
1902;  reappointed  1906  and  by  President  Taft,  1910;  office,  Bel- 
videre. 


CHONES,  WILLIAM,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  1871;  studied 
law  In  offices  of  Justices  Severson  and  LaBuy,  grad.  1893  Chicago 
Coll.  of  Law;  LL.  B.,  Lake  Forest  Univ.;  asst.  ally,  for  bailiff  of 
the  municipal  court;  mem.  Chicago  Bar  Assn.  and  several  frater- 
nal assns.;  office,  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg. 


LAVIN,  PATRICK  J.,  captain  of  police,  Chicago;  b.  Ireland,  Jan. 

7,  1856;  joined  police  di-pt.  in  1SS2  us  patrolman;  promoted  to 
sergt.  Aug.  30.  1889;  lieut.  July  12.  1893;  capt.  Feb.  16,  1898;  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  traffic  squad  1908;  mem.  R.  A.;  club.  I.  A.  C. 


ALCOCK,  JOHN  HENRY,  captain  of  police,  Chicago;  was  born 
in  Chicago,  August  2,  1871.  He  is  the  son  of  Henry  and  Marie 
(Weaver)  Alcock.  His  education  was  received  in  the  public  and 
high  schools.  Address,  6344  Jefferson  Ave, 


225 


FITCH,  SAMUEL  MELVIN,  United  States  collector  of  internal 
revenue  at  Chicago:  b.  Batavla,  la.,  Aug.  19,  1870;  a.  Henry  and 
Eliza  Jane  (Brown)  Fitch:  with  A..T.  &  S.  F.  Ry.,  1888-91:  con- 
ductor on  suburban  service,  1.  C.  R.  R.,  1891-1910:  appointed  to 
present  poistion  by  Pres.  Tart,  Aug.  1.  1910;  repub.;  mem.  Order 
of  Ry.  Conductors  (chief  conductor  1901-3;  legislative  represent- 
ative, since  1903);  Mason;  office.  Federal  Bids. 


NEUMANN,  LEOPOLD,  organizer  United  Societies.  Chicago;  b. 
Vienna.  Austria,  Feb.  18.  1863;  s.  Abraham  and  Anna  (Kubin) 
Neumann;  grad.  Imperial  Lyceum  of  Vienna;  and  visited  for  5  years 
the  Univ.  of  Vienna,  studying  medicine  and  philosophy;  came  to 
Chi.,  July  4,  1895;  served  as  reporter,  mgr.  and  ed.  on  different 
German  newspapers  in  Chi.  for  14  years;  for  6  years  1st  officer  of 
the  turner  soc.  of  Chi.  and  since  5  years  the  organizer  of  the  United 
Societies;  mem.  of  bd.  of  dlr.  German  Press  Club;  ex-pres.  Aurora 
Turnverein;  office.  112  X.  La  Salle  St. 


BARBOUR,  JAMES  J.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Hartford,  Conn.;  s. 
Rev.  Heman  H.  and  Frances  E.  (Luther)  Barbour;  attd.  high  school, 
Newark,  N.  J.;  came  to  Chicago  1SSS;  adm.  to  111.  bar,  1891  and 
became  attorney  for  Commercial  National  Bank:  assistant  state's 
ally,  under  Charles  S.  Deneen  and  John  J.  Healy,  1904-1908; 
member  of  the  firm  of  Knight,  Barbour  &  Adams,  Dec.,  1908,  until 
death  of  both  his  partners  in  June,  1911;  now  practicing  alone; 
since  1908  identified  with  important  elevated  railroad  and  traction 
litigation;  office,  Otis  Bldg. 


R1CHOLSON,  B.  F..  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  LaSalle  Co.,  111.,  Jan. 
30,  1854;  s.  Lewis  and  Helen  (Johnson)  Richolson;  ed.  common 
school  and  Jennings  Sem.,  Aurora,  111.;  studied  law  at  Ottawa,  111., 
with  brother  and  Judge  T.  Lyle  Dickey  (afterward  chief  Justice 
of  111.);  adm.  to  111.  bar  Jan.,  1878;  came  to  Chicago  same  year, 
entered  law  office  of  Tuley,  Stiles  &  Lewis,  and  remained,  1880; 
opened  office  for  self:  repub.;  nominee  for  city  atty.  18S6-8;  appt. 
asst.  corpn.  counsel  by  Mayor  Washburne,  and  tried  the  numerous 
and  Important  viaduct  cases  of  that  administration;  candidate  for 
judge  superior  court,  1892;  became  trial  attorney  for  W.  Chicago 
St.  R.  R.  Co..  Cicero  and  Proviso  St.  Ry.  Co..  Consolidated  Trac- 
tion Co.  and  Jefferson  Urban  Ry.  Co.  1896-9;  since  then  in  gen. 
practice;  office,  1st  Nat.  Bk.  Bldg. 


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BAILEY,  E.  W.,  grain  merchant,  Chicago;  b.  Elmore,  Vt.,  Aug.  31, 
1843;  s.  George  w.  and  Rebecca  (Warren)  Bailey;  ed.  grammar 
achls.  Montpelier,  Vt.;  worked  on  farm  until  1869;  then  successively 
in  grocery  and  grain  business  until  1877,  and  later  exclusively  in 
grain;  came  to  Chicago,  1879,  established  business  of  E.  W.  Bailey 
&  Co.,  of  which  is  sole  principal;  also  under  same  firm  name  at 
Montpelier,  Vt.,  with  special  co-partners  at  that  branch,  doing  a 
wholesale  and  retail  trade  in  flour  and  grain  and  conducting 
a  mill;  mem.  Chi.  board  of  trade,  Chi.  Assn.  of  Commerce;  repub.; 
clubs.  Union  League,  Press,  South  Shore,  Beverly  Golf;  office. 
Board  of  Trade  Bldg. 


TRUDE,  SAMUEL  H.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Grard  Rld^e,  III..  Mar. 
16,  1864;  s.  Henry  and  Charlotte  (Gardner)  Trude;  ed.  Morris  Nor- 
mal schl.,  Knox  Coll.,  Union  Coll.  of  Law,  class  of  1889;  adm.  to 
bar  1889;  has  been  in  gen.  practice  since;  nominated  for  judge  of 
municipal  ct.  on  repub.  ticket,  1912;  pres.  LaSalle  Co.  Assn.  of  Ch!.; 
clubs,  Colonial,  South  Shore;  mem.  Law  Inst.,  Chi.  Bar  Assn.;  office, 
30  N.  La  Salle  St. 


BLATCHFORD,  E.  W.,  retired  mfr.,  Chicago:  b.  Stllwater,  N.  Y., 
May  31,  1826;  s.  Dr.  John  and  Frances  (\Vickes)  Blatchford;  grad. 
III.  Coll.,  Jacksonville,  1845  (LL.D.) ;  in  business  at  St.  Louis,  1850; 
came  to  Chicago,  1855,  mem.  and  treas.  Northwestern  branch  U.  S. 
Sanitary  commn.,  1861-5;  long  dir.  and  more  than  30  years  pres. 
board  of  trustees,  Chicago  Theol.  Sem.;  one  of  the  two  original 
executors  and  trustees  of  Walter  L.  Newberry  estate,  charged  with 
duty  of  creating  the  Newberry  Library,  of  which  he  is  pres.;  trustee 
John  Crerar  Library;  pres.  board  of  trustees  Chicago  Manual  Train- 
Ing  schl.  from  its  foundation  till  its  absorption  by  the  Univ.  of  Chi.; 
connected  with  many  other  ednl.  and  religious  organizations; 
corporate  mem.  (vice-pres.  1885-98)  Am.  Board  of  Commrs.  for 
Foreign  Missions  (Congregational);  pres.  E.  W.  Blatchford  &  Co.; 
clubs.  University.  C'hicago  Literary;  office,  230  N.  Clinton  St. 


STRANDBERG,  ERIK  PETER,  contractor.  Chicago;  b.  Jernland, 
Sweden,  Mar.  10,  1860;  son  Erick  Mortenson  and  Anna  Johanna 
(Nelson)  Strandberg;  ed.  public  school;  became  a  cabinet-maker  at 
the  age  of  20;  came  to  U.  S.,  1882,  first  locating  at  St.  Cloud,  Minn.; 
went  to  Joliet,  III.,  and  engaged  as  contractor  there,  1883-4;  since 
spring  of  1885  in  business  as  general  contractor  in  Chicago;  now 
pres.  of  the  E.  P.  Strandberg  Co.;  also  pres.  Chicago  Cemetery 
Assn.;  vice-pres.  Scandia  Life  Ins.  Co.;  mem.  Chi.  Assn.  of  Com- 
merce, Builders'  &  Traders'  Exchange.  Masons'  &  Builders'  Assn., 
Carpenters  &  Builders'  Assn.;  clubs,  I.  A.  C.,  Hamilton,  Builders' 
repub.;  office,  Stock  Exchange  Bldg. 


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RIGBY,  WILLIAM  CATTRON,  lawyer,  Chicago;  h.  Waterloo,  la. 
May  11,  1871;  a.  William  Titus  and  Eva  (Cattron)  Rlgby;  A.  B. 
and  Ph.B.  Cornell  Coll.,  la.,  1892;  A.  M.,  1897;  LL.B.  North- 
western Univ.,  1893;  adm.  to  111.  bar.  1893;  mem.  flrm  Dennis  & 
Rlgby,  1897-9;  became  trial  lawyer  Tor  flrm  of  Rubens,  Dupuy  & 
Fischer,  1899;  1904-10  mem.  flrm  Rubens,  Fischer,  Mosser  & 
Rlgby;  now  mem.  flrm  Gansbergen  &  Higby;  mem.  Chicago  Bar 
Assn.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  A.  A.  A,  S.,  National  Geographic  Soc.,  com- 
missioned capt.  vols.  Spanish-Am.  War,  1898;  duos,  University, 
Skokle,  C.  A.  A.,  University  of  Evanston,  Overland  of  Pasadena, 
Cal.;  res.,  Evanston;  offlce.  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg. 


GORMAN,  ALOYSIUS  FRANCIS,  chief  clerk,  county  clerk's 
offlce.  Chicago;  b.  Chi.,  June  21,  1875;  a.  William  Henry  and  Anna 
Byrne  (Rooney)  Gorman;  ed.  parochial  schls.,  St.  Patrick's,  Com- 
mercial Acad.,  St.  Ignatius  Coll.:  studied  architecture  at  Chi. 
Atheneum;  practiced  until  1900;  elected  supervisor.  Town  of  Lake, 
1900,  re-elected  1901;  elected  state  senator  1908,  still  in  office; 
appt.  chief,  elk.  in  co.  clk.'s  offlce,  1911 ;  mem.  A.  O.  H.  and  Charles 
Kickham  Club;  offlce,  County  Bldg. 


PISHA.  JOSEPH  C.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago.  Aug.  4,  1874; 
ed.  pub.  and  high  schls.  and  special  course  in  X.  W.  Univ.  LawSchl.; 
adm.  to  bar  1895;  was  partner  ot  J.  Z.  Uhlir  until  the  latter's  elec- 
tion to  municipal  ct.;  now  asst.  state's  atty.;  office.  1204  Rector 
Bldg. 


CARLSON,  GUSTAF  H..  surveyor,  Chicago,  deceased,  1912;  K 
Sweden,  Apr.  16,  1848;  s.  Carl  Axel  Carlson;  ed.  in  pub.  schls. 
Malmo.  Sweden,  and  Chrlstlanfleld,  Germany,  where  studied  classics 
and  engineering;  grad.  1867:  returned  to  Sweden  and  employed 
until  1S70.  when  came  to  United  States;  stock  raiser  in  Kansas: 
moved  to  Chicago  1872.  entered  employ  of  S.  S.  Greeley;  1874  asst. 
engr.  of  Hyde  Park:  returned  to  Mr.  Greeley,  1877,  became  his 
partner.  1882:  engaged  In  business  alone,  1898;  succeeded  in  busi- 
ness by  his  son,  Gustaf  H.  Carlson,  Jr. 


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BALDWIN,  LAURIS  BLAKE,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Orange, 
N.  J.,  June  1,  1870;  s.  Abraham  and  Annie  S.  (Winterbotham) 
Baldwin;  M.  D.  Chicago  Medical  Coll.,  1894;  in  practice  in  Chicago 
since  that  date;  surgeon  In  U.  S.  N.  and  served  on  U.  S.  S.  Alexander 
during  Spanish-American  war;  formerly  physician  In  charge  and 
pros.  Sanuiritiin  Hosp.;  former  pros.  Dearborn  Med.  Coll.;  former 
city  physician  of  Chicago;  prof,  clinical  dermatology,  Coll.  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons;  attend,  dermatologist.  Cook  Co.  hosp.; 
fellow,  Am.  Acad.  Med.,  Chicago  Med.  Soc.;  clubs.  Physicians', 
Calumet,  University;  office.  325  E.  Fifty-first  St. 


MANSFIELD,  HENRY,  lawyer,  Peoria;  b.  Peoria,  111..  Mar.  4,  1864; 
s.  Henry  and  Isabella  Fleming  (Servoss)  Mansfield;  grad. 
Virginia  Mil.  Inst.,  1886;  studied  law  Univ.  of  Va.,  2  yrs.; 
commenced  practice  of  law  in  Lincoln,  Neb.,  1888;  1893,  returned 
to  Peoria;  nominated  for  state  senator  by  dem.  party,  1896;  assist, 
city  atty.  of  Peoria,  Apr.,  1897,  to  Dec.,  1900:  nominated  by  dem. 
party  for  city  atty.  and  elected  In  April,  1901;  appointed  corpora- 
tion counsel.  May,  1906,  and  reappointed.  May,  1907,  serving 
three  years;  appointed  chancellor  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  diocese 
of  Quincy,  in  1907;  has  retired  from  politics,  and  is  now  devoting 
his  time  and  attention  to  the  practice  of  law;  office.  Masonic 
Temple,  Peoria. 


NOOTBAAR,  MAX,  captain  of  police,  Chicago;  b.  Hamburg,  Ger- 
many, Jan.  30.  1866;  s.  Johannes  and  Dora  Nootbaar;  ed.  private 
schls.  Hamburg;  apprentice  in  Hamburg  branch  office  of  White 
Star  Line;  came  to  Am.  1884;  regimental  clfc.  7th  U.  S.  Infantry. 
1885-90;  secty.  to  U.  S.  consul  at  Hamburg  1890-3;  with  Old 
Vienna  Co.,  Chicago  World's  Fair,  1893,  Hunsa  Steamship  Co. 
1894,  lessee  Cheltenham  Beach  1895-6,  joined  Chicago  police  dept. 
1896:  mem.  N.  Am.  Union,  Chi.  Sharpshooters  Assn.,  Calumet 
Singing  Soc.  club.  Hamburger. 


SCHUETTLER,  HERMAN  F.,  asst.  gen.  supt.  of  police,  Chicago; 
b.  Chi.  July  14,  1861;  s.  Frank  and  Minna  Schuettler;  left  schl. 
at  13;  served  several  years  machinist's  apprentice;  3  years  con- 
ductor. No.  Chi.  City  R.  R.;  joined  police  dept.  June  13,  1883; 
Mar.  1,  1888,  patrol  sergt.;  Apr.  18.  1888,  lieut.;  Jan.  1,  1890, 
capt.;  made  capt.  under  civil  service  rules  Feb.  1,  1898;  Nov.  11, 
1903,  to  Nov.  11,  1904,  served  temporary  asst.  supt.  of  police; 
appointed  permanently  to  office  after  civil  service  examination, 
Nov.  21,  1904;  mem.  Policemen's  Benevolent  Assn.;  K.  P.;  Mason; 
office.  City  Hall. 


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RANKIN,  CHASE  R.,    lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Jefferson  City,  Tenn., 

Sept.  24,  1869;  s.  Samuel  E.  and  Sarah  (Lyle)  Rankin;  ed.  pub. 
echls.,  New  Market  Acad.,  Carson  <fc  Newman  Coll.,  Miami  Univ., 
LL.B.,  Chl.-Kent  Coll.  of  Law,  1896;  has  been  in  active  practice 
since  graduation,  mem.  firm  of  Tinsman,  Rankin  &  Neltnor;  mem. 
Chi.  and  State  Bar  Assns.,  Chi.  Law  Inst.;  club.  Southern;  office, 
118  N.  La  Salle  St. 


BRIGGS,  CLEMENT  WILLIAM  KENNETH,  surgeon,  Chicago; 
b.  London,  Eng.,  July  14,  1882;  s.  William  and  Annie  (Watson) 
Briggs;  came  to  Chicago,  1892;  ed.  English  private  schl.,  then  Chi- 
cago pub.  and  high  schl.;  began  medical  school  in  1901;  grad.  1906; 
surgeon  to  Chicago  Emergency  hosp.  (1906  to  1908);  chief  surgeon 
to  Hearst  papers  (since  1908),  J.  V.  Farwell  Co.,  Chi.  Ferrotype 
Co.,  etc.;  professor  toxicology  Chi.  Coll.  M.  and  s.;  mem.  Chi. 
Mod.  Soc.,  Mason,  K.  T.  and  Shriner;  office,  Hearst  Bids. 


BEWERSDORF,  FRANK  W.,  alderman  and  proprietor  restaurant, 
Chicago;  b.  Germany,  Feb.  21,  1866;  s.  Frank  and  Emily  (Bicke) 
Bewersdorf;  ed.  St.  Mathew's,  Chi.;  was  policeman,  1884,  then 
deputy  sheriff  under  Sheriff  Barrett;  democrat;  mem.  co.  central 
com.  for  14  yrs.;  mem.  K.  P.,  Policemen's  Benevolent  Assn.,  Rosso 
Athletic  Assn.;  address,  2101-3  S.  Western  Avc. 


HALPIN,  JOHN  J.,  captain  of  detectives,  Chicago:  b.  Chi.,  Jan.  29, 
1862;  s.  William  and  Mary  Halpin;  ed.  parochial  and  pub.  schls., 
Chi.;  commenced  business  life  working  for  the  r.  S.  Express  Co.  as 
boy  on  wagon,  later  as  solicitor  for  same;  became  a  professional 
baseball  player  and  was  mgr.  for  the  Monmouth.  III.,  and  Calumet, 
Mich.,  ball  clubs;  Joined  police  force  of  Chi.  as  patrolman  in  1892; 
mem.  C.  O.  F-,  K.  C.,  Policemen's  Benevolent  Assn.;  office, 
Detective  Headquarters. 


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LYNCH,  HENRY  JOHN,  chief  probation  officer,  juvenile  court, 
Chicago;  b.  Chi.,  May  20,  1875;  s.  John  and  Mary  (O'Halloran) 
Lynch;  att.  pub.  schl.,  west.  div.  high  schl.  and  bus.  coll.;  entered 
service  of  Cook  Co.,  1896,  as  storekeeper  of  Dunning;  1908  took 
civil  service  examination  and  was  certified  us  business  mgr.  of  same; 
1911,  appointed  gen.  supt;  Jan.,  1912,  appointed  chief  probation 
officer,  juvenile  ct.  of  Cook  Co.;  organized  volunteer  flre  dept.  at 
Dunning;  mem.  K.  C.;  office,  771  Ewing  St. 


MANGAN.  EDWARD  M.,  lawyer  and  judge  of  city  court.  Aurora 
and  Elgin;  b.  Aurora,  Aug.  15,  1868;  s.  Maurice  and  P:ilen  (Mc- 
Inerny)  Mangan;  ed.  Aurora  pub.  schls.;  LL.B.,  Aurora  Coll.; 
commenced  to  learn  machinist  trade  at  age  of  14  and  worked  until 
1898;  studied  law  nights  from  1897  until  adm.  bar  1900;  democrat; 
elected  police  magistrate,  1898,  resigned  1901  and  elected  city 
atty.;  re-elected  1903  and  1!H)5;  nominated  for  111.  legislature,  1906; 
defeated;  elected  judge  city  cts.  of  Aurora  and  Elgin,  1907;  re- 
elected  1911 :  also  serve  as  circuit  judge  in  Cook  Co.;  mem.  M.  W.  A., 
K.  C.,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  K.  &  L.  of  H..  A.  O.  H.,  O.  C.  K.;  office.  City 
Hall.  Aurora. 


READING.  CHARLES  E.,  coal  dealer  and  alderman,  Chicago;  b. 
Ontario,  Can.,  lXf>4;  came  to  Chicago  1S90,  hiring  out  as  a  farm 
hand  in  West  Pullman;  democrat;  elected  alderman  l!M)«t;  re-elected 
1911;  chairman  sts.  and  alleys  south  division  com.,  1911;  chairman 
compensation  com..  1912;  office.  11520  Michigan  Ave. 


LAWLEY,  JAMES  H.,  alderman  and  pres.  of  Illinois  Distributing 
Co.,  liquor  dealers,  Chicago;  educated  Illinois  Coll.  of  Law;  repub.; 
is  serving  third  successive  term  ;is  alderman  of  the  Fourteenth  ward; 
address,  1925  W.  Chicago  Ave. 


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HEARN,  CAMPBELL  S.,  retired  farmer,  and  mem.  111.  senate,  Quincy;  b.  Woodford  Co.,  Ky.,  Nov.  20,  1844; 
s.  Warren  and  Jennie  (Alexander)  Hearn;  supervisor  Melrose  township  25  years;  penitentiary  commissioner 
at  Chester  under  Gov.  John  P.  Altgeid;  mem.  III.  legislature,  lower  house,  four  yours,  somite  Tour  years,  from  36th 
district;  enlisted  in  Confederate  army.May6, 1862,  paroled,  May  12,  1865;  mem.  Cockrell's  bridage;  democrat; 
mem.  B.  P.  O.  E.  and  Modern  Woodmen;  address,  Quincy,  111. 


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MILLS,  HERBERT  S.,  president  of  the  Mills  Novelty  Company,  Chicago;  came  to  Chicago  when  a  boy  and 
began  career  selling  papers  on  the  west  side;  entered  business  of  making  automatic  vending  machines  when  little 
more  than  a  school  boy,  and  has  built  up  large  business  which  now  bears  his  name;  mem.  Columbia  Yacht, 
Illinois  Athletic,  Chicago  Automobile  and  Oaks  clubs;  residence,  Oak  Park;  office,  221  8.  Green  St. 


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HUEY,  ARTHUR  S.,  vice-president  of  H.  M.  Byllesby  &  Co.,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Aug.  17, 
1862.  He  is  the  son  of  George  E.  and  Carolin  (Taylor)  Huey.  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Minne- 
apolis. Upon  his  graduation  he  followed  the  trade  of  a  printer.  In  ]s,s,">  he  became  interested  in  electricity.  He 
entered  the  service  of  the  Tinted  Kdison  Company  of  Minneapolis,  and  in  1MH  became  associated  with  the  X.  \\  . 
General  Klectric  Co.  of  St.  Paul.  In  1892,  when  H.  M.  Byllesby  &  Co.  was  founded,  he  became  one  of  Mr. 
Byllesby's  partners  and  was  made  vice-president  of  the  company,  which  position  he  still  retains.  The  com- 
pany controls  a  chain  of  public  utility  companies,  serving  ninety-four  municipalities,  and  comprising  electric. 
street  railway,  gas,  telephone  and  water  works  companies.  Mr.  Huey  is  also  president  of  the  Consumers  Power 
Co..  of  Minnesota,  Ft.  Smith  Light  &  Traction  Co.,  Ft.  Smith,  Ark..  El  Reno  Gas  &  Electric  Co.,  Oklahoma, 
Interstate  Light  &  Power  Co.,  Wis.,  The  Northwestern  Corporation,  Oregon,  Ottumwa  Railway  &  Light  Co., 
Iowa:  and  vice-president  of  the  Mobile  Klectric  Co.,  Northern  Idaho  &  Montana  Power  Co..  and  Oklahoma  Gas 


&  Electric  Co.     He  was  recently  elected  second  vice-president  of  the  National  Klectric  Light  Association;  clubs, 
;nlon  League  and  Mid-Day,  of  Chicago,  Railway  and  Lawyers,  of  New  York:  oflke.  Insurance  Exchange  Bldg. 


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McLENNAN,  HUGH,  contractor  and  builder,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Chicago,  April  12,  1878.  He  Is  the  son 
of  John  A.  and  Olive  A.  (C'owun)  McLennan.  He  was  educated  in  the  Chicago  public  schools  and  the  law 
department  of  Luke  Forest  University,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1899.  He  also  attended  Armour  Institute 
of  Technology  frnin  lx<)'.)  to  l«Mt2.  He  was  t tic  general  superintendent  for  the  General  Supply  and  Construction 
C'o.  of  New  York  from  1902  to  1905.  At  that  time  he  started  in  business  for  himself,  and  since  then  he  has 
erected  a  number  of  large  buildings  for  factory,  business,  or  charitable  purposes.  Mr.  McLennan  is  a  Mason 
and  a  member  of  the  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  fraternity;  club,  I.  A.  C.;  offices,  First  National  Bank  Bids,  and  Mc- 
Lennan Bldg.,  31st  and  Calumet  Ave. 


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BORDERS,  MICHAEL  WASHINGTON,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  Randolph  Co.,  111..  May  9,  1867'  s.  James  Johnson 
and  Mary  A.  (Ritchie)  Borders;  A.  B.  1SS8,  Monmouth  Coll.;  LL.  B.,  Columbia  Law  schl.,  X.  Y.  City;  adm. 
to  111.  bar,  1891;  practiced  at  Belleville,  111.,  11  years;  mem.  of  firm  of  Hamill  &  Borders,  Belleville;  master  in 
chancery,  St..  Clair  Co.,  111.,  1891-2;  moved  to  Chicago.  1903,  and  lias  practiced  in  that  city  since;  general  counsel 
for  Morris  &  Co.,  packers;  dem.;  mem.  Chicago  and  111.  Bar  Assns.;  B.  P.  O.  E.;  clubs,  Iroquots,  Kenwood,  Mid- 
Day,  South  Shore,  Beverly  Country,  Calumet  Country,  C.  A.  A.;  office,  209  S.  La  Salle  St. 


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E\VE\,  JOHN  M..  ciiHiiH-er,  Chicago;  b.  Newton,  X.  Y.  Sept.  3,  IS59;  s.  Warren  and  Surah  (Faulkner)  F.wen:  grad. 
Stevens  Inst.  Tech..  1880;  asst.  engr.  J.  B.  &  J.  M.  Cornell,  iron  works,  Xew  York,  1884-6;  architectural  engr. 
\V.  L.  B.  Jenny,  Chicago,  1886-90;  engr.  and  gen.  mgr.  Burnham  &  Root,  architects,  4  yrs.;  vice-pros,  and  gen. 
mgr.  (4  yrs.  in  London,  Kng.)  and  western  contracting  agt.  George  A.  Fuller  &  Co.,  Chicago,  1890-1902;  vice- 
pres.  and  western  representative  Thompson  Starrett  Co.,  bldg..  contractors,  Xew  York,  1902^4;  now  ores.  John 
Si.  Ewen  Co.,  engrs.  and  builders,  Chicago;  identified  with  the  erection  of  many  of  the  high  office  bldgs.  in  the 
U.  S.:  chmn.  Chicago;  Harbor  commn.;  mem.  Am.  Soc.  Civil  Kngrs.,  Am.  Soc.  Mech.  F.ngrs..  WesternSoc.  Kngrs., 
Chicago  Hist.  Soc.;  repub.;  clubs.  Union  League,  University,  C.  A.  A.,  Onwentsia,  Evauston  Country;  office. 
The  Rookery. 


2.37 


SMULSKI.  JOHN  FRANKLIN,  banker,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Posen,  Poland,  Feb.  4,  1867:  s.  William  and  Euphe- 
mia  (Balcer)  Smulski;  ed.  pub.  schools  in  U.  S.  and  Germany;  3  yrs.  in  govt.  mil.  high  schl.  in  Gemany;  2  yrs.  in 
St.  Jerome's  Coll.,  Berlin,  Can.;  1  yr.  in  law  dept.  of  Northwestern  Univ.;  5  years  in  the  newspaper  and  publishing 
business  with  his  father,  who  established,  1*69,  the  first  Polish  newspaper  in  the  U.  S.;  taught  1  yr.  at  St.  Stanis- 
laus schl.,  Chicago;  adm.  to  bar,  1890;  mem.  law  firm  of  David,  Smulski  &  McGaftey,  several  years  to  1905; 
1906  organized  the  North  western  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  of  which  has  since  been  pres.;  also  pres.  Pulaski  Lumber 
Co.;  alderman  from  16th  ward  2  terms  and  Irom  17th  ward  1  term,  1898-1903;  city  atty..  1903-5;  state  treas- 
of  111.,  1905-7;  candidate  for  repub.  nomination  for  mayor  primary  election,  Feb.,  1911;  mem.  board  of  West 
Park  commrs.  (was  pres.  of  board);  treasurer  Chi.  Assn.  of  Commerce  and  chairman  of  finance  comm.;  clubs. 
Press,  C.  A.  A..  South  Shore;  office,  1152  Milwaukee  Av. 


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THORNTON,  CHARLES  S..  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  horn  in  Boston  tn  1851,  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
city,  graduated  from  Harvard  College,  and  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois  In  1873.  He  has  been  engaged  for  more 
than  thirty-eight  years  in  active  practice  in  Chicago,  principally  in  the  hue  of  real  estate  litigation  and  the  law 
of  private  and  municipal  corporations.  In  which  he  is  acknowledged  as  an  authority.  He  became  corporation 
counsel  of  the  town  of  Lake  in  1889,  and  corporation  counsel  of  the  city  of  Chicago  In  1897,  was  president  of 
his  local  board  of  education  in  isss.  and  later  served  as  a  member  of  the  several  boards  of  education  of  Illinois, 
Cook  county,  and  Chicago.  He  was  the  author  of  the  tlrst  Illinois  teachers'  pension  bill,  and  actively  influenced 
its  passage.  Mr.  Thornton  is  a  democrat,  and  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  Masons,  and  Knights  of  Pythias; 
residence.  Auburn  Park;  office,  79  K.  Adams  St. 


239 


SYMPATHETIC  interest  in  all  mankind,  and  especially 
the  unfortunate,  the  weak,  the  poor  and  the  oppressed, 
has  been  responsible  for  the  fame  as  an  expert  in  reform  and 
correctional  methods  which  has  come  to  John  Lorin  Whitman, 
superintendent  of  the  House  of  Correction  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Whitman  was  born  July  23,  1862,  at  Sterling,  Whiteside  county, 
111.,  the  son  of  Platt  L.  and  Helen  M.  (Quick)  WThitman.  His  early  edu- 
cation was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Sterling  and  at  Edwards 
Academy,  also  of  his  native  place. 

When  he  was  eleven  years  old  he  worked  in  a  Sterling  stationery  store 
and  in  1879  began  work  which  lasted  two  years  in  a  wagon  shop,  doing 
painting,  etc.  He  commenced  business  for  himself  in  1881  as  a  house 
painter  and  paper  hanger.  In  1884  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  farming  implements. 

Mr.  Whitman  moved  to  Chicago  in  1890  and  took  the  first  position 
which  offered  itself.  It  happened  to  be  that  of  street-car  conductor,  and 
he  kept  it  for  eight  months.  His  life's  work  dawned  upon  him  when  he 
entered  upon  the  duties  of  guard  in  the  Cook  county  jail.  He  acted  as 
guard  for  two  years  and  showed  such  interest  in  his  employment  that  he 
was  advanced  to  clerk  of  the  jail  at  the  end  of  two  years.  He  was  ap- 
pointed jailer  on  May  1,  1895,  and  during  twelve  years  of  work  in  that 
capacity  the  methods  which  he  followed  in  dealing  with  the  thousands 
of  prisoners  under  his  care  attracted  to  him  a  national  recognition. 

On  June  1,  1907,  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  house  of  cor- 
rection, an  institution  that  averages  nearly  2,000  inmates  daily.  Mr. 
Whitman's  knowledge  of  crime  and  its  causes  made  him  a  particularly 
valuable  member  of  the  Chicago  vice  commission  which  was  appointed  by 
Mayor  Busse  in  1910. 

Mr.  Whitman  is  the  author  of  several  works  on  the  discipline  of  mankind, 
principal  among  them  being  "Tamer  of  Men,"  "Perfecting  the  Work  of 
Correction,"  and  "Correctional  Discipline." 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois,  City  and  Hamilton  clubs,  the  Chicago 
Association  of  Commerce,  the  National  Union,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  the  Central  Howard  Association,  the  Chicago  Men's  Alliance 
and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  His  address  is  House  of  Correction,  Chicago. 


240 


KNIGHT,  CLARENCE  A,,  lawyer.  Chicago;  deceased  June  21,  1911;  b.  McHenry  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  2S.  l.V>.V. 
ed.  pub.  schools  near  birthplace  and  in  Cook  Co.  Normal  schl.;  taught  school;  law  student;  adm.  to  bar  1874:  aast, 
city  atty.  under  Julius  Grinnell,  1879-84,  city  atty.  1884-8;  asst.  corporation  counsel  under  Mayor  Roche, 
1888-9;  prepared  the  act  under  which  Hyde  Park,  Lake  View,  Jefferson  and  a  portion  of  Cicero  were  added  to 
the  city;  general  practice  with  Paul  Brown,  ISS3-1903,  in  flrm  of  Knight  &  Brown;  then  was  joined  by  James 
B.  Barbour  and  William  G.  Adams,  forming  firm  of  Knight,  Harbour  &  Adams;  genera)  counsel  1883,  Lake 
Stroi't  Klevated  Railroad  Co.;  of  Tnion  Klevnted  Railroad  Co.,  1898;  and  Northwestern  Elevated  R.  R.  Co.; 
Mason  (K.  T.) ;  mem.  Royal  League,  Independent  Order  of  Foresters;  clubs,  Iroquois,  Union  League,  South 
Shore. 


241 


HALL,  JAMES,  certified  public  accountant  and  chartered  accountant,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
Nov.  11,  1877,  the  son  of  George  and  Mary  J.  (Bertram)  Hall.  He  was  educated  at  Harris  Academy,  Dundee, 
Scotland.  Mr.  Hall  qualiticd  us  chartered  accountant  in  December,  1900,  after  serving  the  necessary  apprentice- 
ship of  five  years  and  attending  law  classes  at  the  University  of  Glasgow.  In  1901  he  was  admitted  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Institute  of  Accountants  and  Actuaries  in  Glasgow.  He  is  a  certified  public  accountant  In  the  states 
of  Ohio,  Minnesota,  and  Missouri,  and  a  Fellow  of  the  American  Association  of  Public  Accountants.  He  Is  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Marwick,  Mitchell,  Peat  &  Co.,  Chartered  Accountants,  Chicago.  New  York,  London. 
etc.:  clubs,  Mid-Day,  Chicago,  Exmoor  Country;  office,  115  S.  La  Salle  St. 


242 


243 


GODMAN,  ELWOOD  GARNER,  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Oct.  29,  1881,  the  son  of  Cornelius 
and  Anna  (McNeil)  Godman.  He  was  educated  in  the  John  Marshall  Law  School  of  Chicago,  receiving  the 
therefrom,  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1903.  He  was  appointed  assistant  United  States  attorney  for  the  northern  dis- 
trict of  Illinois  In  1903,  and  engaged  in  private  practice  as  a  member  of  the  firms  of  Morrison  &  Brown  and 
Knight,  Reid  &  Godman  from  Jan.  1,  1907.  In  February,  1910,  he  was  appointed  special  assistant  Uni  ed 
States  attorney  for  the  northern  district  of  Illinois;  office.  Federal  Bldg, 


244 


BLACKMARR,  FRANK  HAMLIN.  physician,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Kousvllie.  Pa.,  Feb.  16.  1N71.  Dr.  Black- 
tiiarr  received  his  early  education  at  the  Jamestown  Collegiate  Inst.,  Jamestown,  N.  V.  He  later  attended  Alle- 
gheny Coll.,  and  entered  the  rniversity  of  Chicago  in  1892.  Here  he  received  the  bachelor  of  science  degree  in 
1894.  He  occupied  an  assistaiitship  in  chemistry  there.  Later  he  received  his  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine  and 
surgery  at  HahnemannMediraK  ullege.with  honorable  mention.  He  lectured  in  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College 
for  the  period  of  three  years  lii  physiology  department  and  also  in  the  department  of  electro-therapeutics.  He 
produced  the  first  records  in  X-ray  methods  in  1901.  Since  the  discovery  of  radium  he  has  been  Instrumental 
in  developing  a  new  field  of  therap?utlcs.  Dr.  Blackmarr  belongs  to  a  number  of  organizations,  among  them  the 
Sigma  Alpha  Kpsilon  fraternity.  Lakeside  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Oriental  ( 'nnsistory.  :{lM  degree.  Medinah  Tem- 
ple, A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Illinois  Athletic  Club,  Beverly  Country  Club,  Windsor  Golf  Club  and  Am.  Assn.  of 
Clinical  Research;  office,  Marshall  Field  Bldg. 


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COBURN.  JOHN  J.,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  on  farm  site  of  vIlluKe  of  Clyde,  Cook  Co.,  111..  Mar.  14.  iKfil ;  s.  Henry 
and  Elizabeth  (Chittick)  Coburn;  grad.  Englewood  high  schl.,  1877;  taught  achl.,  1879-83;  student  Union  Coil, 
of  Law,  1883-5;  adm.  bar,  1885,  and  since  engaged  In  gen.  practice:  partner  of  the  late  Lawrence  M.  Ennis, 
In  firm  of  Knnls  &  Coburn.  1895-8;  senior  mem.  tlrm  of  Coburn  &  Chase,  until  19IJH;  since  which  time  has  been 
atone;  democrat;  has  been  active  upon  the  stump  and  has  frequently  been  mentioned  for  office  of  judge,  and 
also  the_off.ce  of  state's  atty.;  office.  lOfi  N".  La  Salle  St. 


24(5 


ECKHART,  JOHN  WILLIAM,  flour  merchant  and  miller.  Chlcaso:  b.  West  Bend.  Wls.,  Nov.  20.  1855;  s.  Jacob 
and  Eva  (Rool)  Eekhart:  ed.  high  scnl.,  Viroqua.  Wls.;  In  flour  milling  business  since  Apr.  3.  1873.  and  Is  pres.  of 
John  W.  Eckhart  &  Co.:  mem.  Chicago  Cavalry,  pres.  Chicago  Public  Library  board,  1900-7;  democrat;  clubs, 
Illinois.  Iroquols  (ex-pres.),  C.  A.  A.,  Lake  Beulah  Country;  office,  311  N.  Carpenter  St. 


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REDBRICK  STANLEY  OLIVER,  real  estate  dealer  and 
president  of  the  Chicago  Real  Estate  Board,  is  a  native  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born  March  6,  1867,  the  son 
of  Frederick  and  Eliza  J.  (Johnstone)  Oliver.  He  was 
educated  at  De  Veaux  College,  where  he  spent  six  years,  and 
at  Hobart  College,  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  where  he  spent  two  years. 

He  came  to  Chicago  and  entered  the  real  estate  business  in  the  employ 
of  Snow  &  Dickinson,  in  1886.  He  remained  with  that  firm  until  1893, 
when  he  organized  the  firm  of  Oliver  &  Scott,  which  succeeded  to  the 
business  of  Snow  &  Dickinson.  In  the  year  1904,  E.  Norman  Scott  with- 
drew and  the  firm  became  Oliver  &  Co.,  consisting  of  Walter  D.  and  Fred- 
erick S.  Oliver.  The  firm  of  Oliver  &  Co.  has  been  one  of  the  most  active 
in  the  Chicago  market,  paying  particular  attention  to  large  details  in 
downtown  property  and  developing  the  new  business  section  south  of  the 
loop  district,  along  State  street  and  Wabash,  Michigan  and  Indiana 
avenues. 

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for  Marshall  Field,  James  A.  Patton,  Otto  Young,  Siegel,  Cooper  &  Co., 
and  other  large  investors.  Mr.  Oliver  negotiated  the  sale  of  the  Stratford 
Hotel  to  Levy  Mayer  for  $1,500,000.  His  firm  is  agent  for  many  non- 
residents, as  well  as  for  various  individuals,  corporations  and  estates. 

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director  of  the  Forest  Oil  company. 

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Real  Estate  Board  and  was  elected  its  president  for  the  year  1912.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  the  Kappa  Alpha 
fraternity,  the  South  Shore  Country  Club  and  the  Chicago  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation. He  has  extensive  real  extate  investments  in  Chicago.  His  office 
is  at  40  N.  Dearborn  St. 


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EORGE  RANDALL  PARRISH  was  born  in  Kewanee, 
Henry  county,  Illinois,  June  10,  1858;  parents,  Rufus  P.  and 
Francis  (Hollis)  Parrish,  educated  in  the  public  schools,  gradu- 
ating from  the  Kewanee  high  school  in  1875,  afterward  attend- 
ing Lake  Forest  Academy,  Griswold  College,  Davenport,  Iowa, 
and  the  Iowa  State  University.  Received  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  at  Iowa  in 
1879,  and  that  of  Litt.  D.  in  1911.  Practiced  law  at  Wichita,  Kansas,  for 
two  years  with  marked  success,  but  failure  in  health  compelled  him  to  seek 
an  out-of-door  life.  Crossed  the  plains  overland  in  1882.  Arriving  at 
Las  Vegas,  discovered  that  conditions  had  arisen  in  Wichita  which  left 
him  practically  penniless.  For  the  following  three  years  he  worked  at 
anything  possible  —  ran  cattle  in  the  Pan  Handle,  fired  an  engine  on  the 
Santa  Fe,  and  prospected  extensively  in  Arizona  and  northern  Mexico. 
Working  north,  he  became  a  surveyor's  assistant  in  Colorado,  and  finally 
drifted  into  newspaper  employment  in  Denver.  During  the  years  fol- 
lowing, he  did  daily  newspaper  work  in  Omaha,  Sioux  City,  and  Chicago, 
and  had  charge  of  weekly  papers  at  Grafton,  Neb.,  and  Kewanee,  111. 

Wrhile  engaged  in  commercial  journalism  in  Chicago,  in  1903,  published 
his  first  work  of  fiction  through  A.  C.  McClurg  &  Co.,  "When  Wilderness 
Was  King."  Since  then,  has  published  the  following  books,  devoting  his 
entire  time  to  literary  work:  "My  Lady  of  the  North"  (1904);  "A  Sword 
of  the  Old  Frontier"  (1905);  "Bob  Hampton  of  Placer"  (1906);  "Historic 
Illinois"  (1906);  "Beth  Norvell"  (1907);  "The  Great  Plains"  (1907); 
"Prisoners  of  Chance"  (1908);  "The  Last  Voyage  of  the  Donna  Isabel" 
(1908);  "My  Lady  of  the  South"  (1908);  "Love  Under  Fire"  (1909); 
"Don  McGrath"  (1910);  "My  Lady  of  Doubt"  (1911);  "Keith  of  the 
Border"  (1911);  "Molly  McDonald"  (1912.)  A  million  copies  of  these 
books  have  been  sold,  many  editions  going  abroad. 

Married  Mary  A.  Hammon,  at  Howells,  Neb.,  in  1887,  and  from  this 
union  two  children  survive.  In  1902  was  married  to  Rose  I.  Tyrrell. 
Holds  membership  in  the  National  Geographical  Society  and  Mississippi 
Valley  Historical  Society,  and  is  Past  Exalted  Ruler  of  the  Kewanee  Lodge 
of  Elks.  Residence,  Kewanee,  111.  President  Iowa  State  University 
Alumni  Association. 


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RATHJE,  FRANK  CARL,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  DuPage  Co.,  111.. 
1883;  ed.  St.  John's  Military  sc-hl.,  Deiafteld,  \Vis.,  Armour  Inst., 
Chi.;  grad.  law  dept.  N.  W.  Univ.,  1907  and  adm.  to  bar  same  yr.; 
now  junior  member  of  tht>  linn  of  Wrsemaim  A  Rathje;  H.  A.  M.; 
clubs,  Hamilton,  Englewood  Men's;  office,  9  So.  La  Salte  St. 


LAY,  ROBERT  DWIGHT,  life  insurance,  Chicago;  b.  Chi.,  Sept.  30, 
1875;  s.  Charles  C.  and  Fanny  M.  (Cossitt)  Lay;  grad.  Mich.  Mil. 
Acad.  1894;  office  boy  for  Knickerbocker  Ice  Co.,  1894,  re-signing  as 
asst.  credit  man,  Nov.  1898,  to  become  mgr.  of  E.  A.  Shedd  &  Co.; 
identified  with  Nat.  Life  Ins.  Co.  of  the  U.  S.  of  A.  since  Dec.,  1902, 
as  asst.  to  the  treas.  to  1906,  sec.  and  dlr.  since  1906,  and  also  treas. 
since  1909;  also  vice-pres.  North  Am.  Cold  storage  Co.;  secty.  Nat. 
Life  Bldg.;repub.;  Mason;  club,  Mid-Day;  office,  National  LifeBldg. 


ANDERSEN,  CHARLES  C.,  wrecking,  excavating  and  teaming 
contractor,  Chicago:  b.  Denmark,  Feb.  5,  1873;  s.  Nels  A.  and  Ber- 
tha Andersen;  ed.  Chicago  public  srluinls;  resided  in  Chicago  and 
present  18th  ward  since  1875;  in  contraction  business  since  1894; 
pres.  Mid-City  Club;  mem.  Medinah  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.; 
office,  74  w.  Washington  St. 


TATGE,  GUSTAVUS  J.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Crete,  111.;  ed.  Joliet; 
LL.B..  Union  Coll.  of  Law:  adm.  to  bar  1887  and  has  practiced  in  Chi. 
since;  1891-1905  mem.  firm  of  Pinckney  &  Tatge,  now  senior  mem. 
firm  Tatge  &  Koepge;  appt.  forest  preserve  comm.  of  Cook  Co. 
1910;  appt.  county  atty.  of  Cook  Co.  1911;  resigned  same  year; 
1912  appt.  civil  service  commr.  of  Cook  Co.;  office,  64  W.  Ran- 
dolph St. 


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BIDWILL,  JOSEPH  E.,  Jr.,  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  of  Cook 
County,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  July  1.  1883;  s.  of  Joseph  E.  and 
Mary  (Sullivan)  Bidwill;  ed.  grammar  and  English  high  schools, 
Lewis  Inst.  and  St.  Ignatius  Coll.;  employed  In  Chicago  National 
Bank  four  years,  and  subsequently  holding  important  position  with 
Banking  House  of  N.  W.  Harris  A  Co.  (now  Harris  Trust  and  Sav- 
ings Bank) ;  repub.  1906,  elected  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  to  nil 
unexpired  term  of  two  years;  1908,  re-elected  to  a  full  terra  of  four 
years;  renominated,  1912;  mem.  of  Hamilton  club,  C.  O.  F.,  K. 
C.,  etc.;  office,  County  Bldg. 


MULLEN,  TIMOTHY  FRANCIS,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  Aurora,  II!.. 
Apr.  8,  1868;  s.  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Newell)  Mullen;  ed.  Knox 
Coll.;  St.  Francis  Solanus  Coll.  (Qutncy),  A.  M.,  1889,  Lake  Forest 
Univ.  LL.B.,  1892;  adm.  to  111.  bar,  1891,  and  since  that  time  in 
active  practice  of  law;  mem.  Chicago  and  III.  Bar  assns..  National 
Geographic  Soc.,  Irish  Choral  Soc.,  Art  Inst.,  of  Chicago,  and 
K.  C.;  dem.;  candidate  for  nomination  municipal  court  Judge,  1912; 
office.  The  Rookery. 


KUFLEWSKI,  STANLEY  J.,  druggist,  Chicago;  b.  Poland,  Dec. 
5,  1871 ;  ed.  pub.  schls.,  Chi.  Coll.  of  Pharmacy;  moved  to  Chi.  as  a 
boy  of  14  and  has  lived  there  for  26  years;  democrat;  elected  Cook 
County  commissioner,  1910;  re-nominated,  1912;  address,  '27.~>>.i 
W.  22d  St. 


ROMANO,  SALVATORE,  private  banker  iind  real  estate  broker. 
Chicago;  b.  Chicago.  Sept.  21.  1884;  s.  Frank  and  Carolina  (Sacco- 
nan)  Romano:  grad.  high  schl.,  Chicago;  candidate  for  legislature, 
1910;  candidate  for  county  commissioner,  1912;  mem.  Modern 
Woodmen,  Chicago  Federation  of  Musicians,  P:iks  and  several 
Italian  societies;  office,  818  W.  Ohio  St. 


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CAPITAIN,  HENRY  D.,  mfr.,  alderman,  Chicago;  b.  in  England, 
1862;  ed.  In  Germany;  came  to  Chicago  1879;  prea. Western  Leather 
&  Mfg.  Co.;  elected  alderman  of  the  25th  ward,  Apr.  4,  1911;  repub.; 
was  Instrumental  in  organizing  the  old  village  of  West  Ridge,  and 
the  Ridge  Av.  Park  District,  and  served  as  clerk,  trustee  and  treas. 
at  various  times;  was  school  trustee  In  old  village  of  Rogers  Park; 
was  pres.  Rogers  Park  Improvement  Assn.  several  terms;  now 
vice-pres.  ways  and  means  com.  of  North  Shore  Improvement 
Assn.;  office,  175  N.Wabash  Av. 


RITCHIE,  WILLIAM,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Frederic  Town,  Md., 
Aug.  26,  1854;  ed.  Frwlerir  Coll..  and  St.  John's  Coll..  Md.;  came 
to  Chi.  1881;  adm.  bar  1886;  was  established  at  once  In  firm  of 
Judd,  Ritchie  &  Esher;  has  been  in  gen.  practice  and  concerned 
with  many  Important  cases;  former  dir.  Chi.  Law  Inst.,  mem.  Chi. 
and  111.  State  Bar  assns.,  Lawyers'  Assn.  of  Chi..  Chi.  Assn.  of 
Commerce,  R.  A.;  club.  Southern;  off.ce.  Reaper  Blk. 


BREIT.  FRED  D.,  merchant,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  June  28,  1879; 
s.  Frank  and  Mary  Anna  (Schnltzious)  Brett;  grad.  Chi.  pub.  scbis.. 
1893,  St.  Joseph's  Coll.,  Ind.,  1894-5,  Chi.  Business  Coll.,  1896;  has 
been  engaged  In  the  wholesale  and  retail  coul  business  for  11  yrs.; 
pres.  Fred  D.  Breit  Coal  Co.;  mem.  K.  C.,  R.  L.,  C.  O.  F.;  dem.; 
nominated  for  trustee  sanitary  board,  1912;  office,  4134  W.  North 
Ave. 


RABER,  EDWIN  J..  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Apr.  15, 1875;  ed.  pub.  schls. 
Ind.;  A.  B.,  State  Univ.  of  Ind.;  LL.  B.,  111.  Coll.  of  Law;  adm.  bar 
1902;  gen.  practice;  chief  asst.  city  prosecuting  atty;  mem.  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  R.  L.,  Chi.  Law  Inst.;  club,  Iroquois;  office, 
Ashland  Blk. 


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MURPHY,  EVERETT  JEROME,  warden  of  111.  state  penitentiary, 
Jollet;  b.  Nashville,  111.,  July  24,  1852;  s.  William  P.  and  Mary  J. 
(Frush)  Murphy:  was  sheriff  of  Randolph  Co.,  1882-6;  repub.; 
mem.  54th  congress  from  21st  HI.  dlst.;  mem.  111.  legislature  35th 
gen.  assembly;  appt.  warden,  Joliet,  1S9H;  business  address,  1900 
Collins  St.,  Jollet. 


CHURCH,  CHESTER  W.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Gibson,  III..  1S72; 
graduated  from  Morgan  Park  Academy  and  the  Chicago  College 
of  Law;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1899,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in 
active  practice;  Mason;  member  of  the  Illinois  general  assembly 
since  1901;  repub.;  office,  157  W.  Adams  St. 


CIGRAND,  BERNARD  JOHN,  dentist,  Chicago;  b.  Fredonia,  Wis., 
Oct.  1,  1866:  s.  Nicholas  and  Susan  (Maraud;  B.  S.,  Northern  In- 
diana Normal  schl.,  Valparaiso.  1SSO;  M.  S.,  1898;  D.  D.  S.  Lake 
Forest  Univ.,  1888;  grad.  Chi.  Schl.  of  Sciences,  1891;  Haskell  Schl. 
of  Prosthetics,  1S92;  non-resident  course  Industrial,  educational 
and  political  economy,  Univ.  of  Chi.,  1892-3;  engaged  in  practice 
of  dentistry  in  Chicago  since  1SSS;  has  Taught  in  various  dental 
schools;  helped  organize  American  Flag-Day  Assn.,  1890;  author 
many  works  on  dentistry;  dtr.  Chicago  Public  library;  candidate 
for  democratic  nomination  for  congress,  1912;  office,  3117  Logan 


GASH,  ABRAM  DALE,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b.  Elmer.  Mo.,  Feb.  11, 
1861;  s.  William  Thomas  and  Maria  (Dale)  Gash;  ed.  common 
schls.:  in  drue  business  at  La  Plata,  Mo.  and  Provo,  Utah:  adm. 
bar  Utah,  1891;  removed  to  Chi.,  1898:  democrat;  prosecuting 
atty.  Utah  Co.,  U.,  1892-6:  now  pres.  and  dir.  Scheidel- Western 
X-ray  Coil  Co.;  secty.  and  dir.  Germ.-Am.  Conservatory  of  Music: 
secty.  and  dir.  Bells  Bros.,  pianos,  Muncie,  Ind.;  judge  advocate 
gen.  with  rank  of  col.  In  Utah  N.  G.,  1893-6;  office,  118  N.  La 
Sane  St. 


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HANFORD,  IRA  LINUS,  doctor  of  naprapathy,  Chicago;  b.  La 
Fayette  Co.,  Wls.;  ed.  dist.  and  high  schl.  and  Belolt  coll.;  came  to 
Chicago  and  became  interested  in  naprapathy.  which  he  studied  at 
Oakley  Smith  Coll.  of  Naprapathy;  is  now  professor  of  the  subject 
and  of  physiology  at  Oakley  Smith  Coll.;  also  in  private  practice; 
pres.  Am.  Naprapathfc  Assn.;  res.,  Elgin;  office,  Stewart  Bldg. 


STONE,  CLYDE  ERNEST,  county  judge,  Peoria;  b.  Mason  Co., 
111.,  Mar.  23,  1876;  s.  Claudius  L.  and  Mollie  (Marot)  Stone;  ed. 
Mason  City  high  schl.;  LL.B.  Univ.  of  111.  Coll.  of  Law:  taught  schl. 
1894_1900;  began  law  practice.  1903;  1st  asst.  state's  atty.,  1906-9; 
elected  judge  Peoria  Co.,  1910;  mem.  K.  T.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  K.  P.; 
club,  Creve  Coeur;  office,  Court  House,  Peoria. 


GOODKIND,  MAURICE  L.,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago.Nov.  14, 
1866;  s.  Louis  Goodkind;  eil.  St.  Paul  high  schl.  and  Williams  Coll., 
literary  courses,  1878-86;  Columbia  Med.  Coll.,  1886-9,  graduating. 
M.D..  ixs<i  and  Vienna  limp-..  l"-v<  '.i:j;  physician  of  Chicago  Board 
of  Health,  1893-4;  civil  service  examining  physician,  1894-5,  attend- 
ing physician  Cook  Co.  and  Michael  Ileese  hosps.;  prof,  clinical 
medicine,  Coll.  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons;  mem.  Chi.  Med.  Soc.. 
A.  M.  A.,  Chicago  Clinical  Soe.t  Physicians'  Club,  Chicago  Neuro- 
logical Soc.;  repub.;  club,  Quadrangle;  office.  31  X.  State  St. 


TINSMAN.  HOMER  ELLSWORTH,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Romeo, 
Mich. .Oct.  21,  I860:  3.  William  H.  and  Mary  J.  (Hosner)  Tlnsman; 
grad.  Romeo  high  schl.  1878;  A.  B.,  Univ.  of  Mich.,  1883;  adm.  to  111. 


bar.  issr>;  begu 
of  Burke.  Holle 
Tinsman,  and  lu 
and  present  tirn 
atty.,  1889-189 
to  become  candi 


practice  Burke  &  Hollett,  Dec.,  1886:  mem.  iirm 
t  &  Tinsman,  1887;  1893  firm  became  Hollett  & 
ter.  Hollett,  Tinsman  A  Saiiter;  dissolved,  1905, 
of  Tinsman,  Runkin  &  Xelt  nor  formed;  asst.  co. 


, 
32<1   ward. 


.       . 

O'.t;   resigned,    Mar.    1909, 


i  late  for  Judge  of  circuit  court;  mem.  Chicago  Bar 

Assn.,  III.;  State  Bar  Assn.,  Chicago  Law  Inst.;  Mason,  I.  O. 
O.  F.  (past  grand).  Royal  League,  Woodmen  of  World;  interest- 
ed in  United  Charities  of  Chicago.  Knglewood  free  reading 
room  for  boys;  club,  Hamilton;  office,  118  N.  La  Salle  St. 


PLUMMER,  GEORGE  WASHINGTON,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b. 
Tyrone,  Pa.,  Dec.  23,  1844;  a.  William  R.  and  Catharine  (Traister) 
Plummer;  A.  B.  Allegheny  Coll.,  Meadvllle,  Pa.,  1869;  studied 
law  with  Judge  Derickson.  at  Meadvllle,  and  S.  S.  Blair,  of  Hoi- 
lidaysburg.  Pa.;  adm.  to  Pa.  bar.,  1870;  removed  to  Chicago,  1871; 
adm.  to  III.  bar  and  has  since  engaged  In  practice;  repub.;  Mason; 
residence.  Oak  Park:  office.  Tribune  Bidg. 


McCASKRIN,  GEORGE  WASHINGTON,  lawyer.  Rock  Island; 
b.  Rantoul,  111.,  Dec.  17,  1874;  s.  James  E.  and  Margaret  (Cloye) 
McCaakrin;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Rantoul  and  State  Univ.;  received 
degree  or  LL.  D.;  practiced  law  Rock  Island  since  1896;  independent 
in  politics;  elected  alderman  4th  ward,  1902;  nominated  for  mayor, 
1902,  defeated;  nominated  for  legislature,  1904,  defeated;  elected 
mayor,  1905-7;  defeated  at  end;  elected  1909  and  again  1911; 
nominated  for  governor  of  III.,  1909,  defeated;  organized  Mayors 
Assn.  of  111.,  1907;  is  mem.  bd.  of  dirs.  of  same;  vice-pres..  Am. 
League  of  Maine;  mem.  A.  F.  *  A.  M.,  Eagles.  Moose;  address, 
Rock  Island. 


O'DONNELL,  PAUL  M..  lawyer.  Chicago:  b.  Vinc?nn^.  Ind.,  June 
8,  1884;  s.  Charles  B.  and  Theresa  (Garritson)  O'Donneli;  ed.  schools 
of  Vincennes,  Ind.,  and  University  of  Notre  Dame  and  University  of 
Chicago,  where  received  decrees  of  A.  B.  and  J.  D.;  started  practice 
of  law  in  Chicago,  Aug.  1909;  clubs.  City,  Reynolds:  office,  Xew 
York  Life  Bide. 


RICHOLSON,  HAROLD,  asst.  State's  any..  La  SaMe,  111. 


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BRACKETT,  WILEY  LOWRY,  organizer  and  promoter  of  build- 
Ing  enterprises,  Chicago;  b.  Ricevllle,  Tenn.,  Sept.  10,  1876;  s. 
William  Albert  and  Anna  Jane  (Lowry)  Brackett;  engaged  In 
Insurance  business  1895-1900;  since  then  has  organized  and  pro- 
moted many  theaters,  hotels,  office  bldgs.,  etc.;  secty.  Perfect 
Wall  Bed  Co.,  Hotel  Wilson  Apartments  Co.,  dir.  of  several  bldg. 
Cos.;  clubs.  Creve  Coeur,  Peoria,  Southern  (Chi.);  office,  430  S. 
Wabasb  Ave. 


LABUY,  JOSEPH  S..  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Fox  Lake.  Wis.,  Oct.  21, 
1878;  s.  Jacob  LaBuy;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Beaver  Dam,  Wis.,;  grad. 
Spencerian  Business  Coll.,  Milwaukee,  Chi.-Kent  Coll.  of  Law, 
and  111.  Coll.  of  Law;  nominee  for  municipal  ct.  judge  1912;  secty. 
of  Lawyers  Assn.  of  111.  since  1910;  office,  167  N.  Clark  St. 


HEALY,   STEPHEN   K.,  capt.  of  police,  Chicago. 


JOYCE.  JOHN  F.,  traveling  .salesman,  Chicago;  h.  July  18.  1870; 
s.  John  Francis  and  Catherine  Joyce;  ed.  Grand  Haven.  Mich.; 
traveling  for  Wadsworth,  Hnwland  &  Co.,  mfr«.  paints  and  colors; 
has  been  mem.  of  democratic  county  central  com.  for  12  yrs.:  mem. 
K.  C.,  N.  A.  U.,  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters,  III.  Commercial  Men's 
Assn.;  address.  Carpenter  and  Fulton  Sts. 


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HOMAS  TAYLOR,  JR.,  lawyer,  of  Chicago,  was  born  at 
Smethwick,  England,  Nov.  18,  18o9,  the  son  of  Thomas  and 
Jane  (Holloway)  Taylor. 

Mr.  Taylor  moved  to  the  United  States  when  he  still  was 
a  young  boy.  His  boyhood  days  were  spent  in  Canton,  Fulton 
County,  111.  He  equipped  himself  for  college  and  entered  Knox  College  at 
Galesburg,  111.,  from  which  he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  1881. 

From  Knox  College  he  entered  Harvard  Law  School  and  graduated 
with  honor  in  1885,  taking  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  Mr.  Taylor  spent  the 
year  1886  in  Europe,  attending  lectures  at  Berlin  and  Vienna  Universities 
and  on  his  return  to  the  United  States  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Suffolk  county,  Massachusetts.  He  practiced  for  a  short  time  in  the  office 
of  Burdette  &  Gooch,  a  well-known  Boston  law  firm. 

Mr.  Taylor  moved  to  Chicago  in  1887  and  has  practiced  in  that  city 
ever  since.  He  has  won  substantial  recognition  at  the  bar.  He  was 
appointed  master  in  chancery  of  the  circuit  court  of  Cook  county  in  1893 
and  still  holds  that  position.  He  has  tried  and  reported  on  more  than 
2,000  important  cases. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Taylor  is  a  republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago, 
Illinois  and  American  Bar  associations,  and  was  treasurer  of  the  Chicago 
Bar  Association  from  1894  to  1897.  Mr  Taylor  is  a  leader  of  the  Harvard 
alumni  of  the  West  and  is  president  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Chicago.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  Illinois  Humane  Society  and  has  been  vice-president 
of  the  Onwentsia  Club.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Historical  Society, 
and  of  the  University,  Chicago  Literary  and  Chicago  clubs. 

Mr.  Taylor  resides  at  Hubbard  Woods.  His  office  is  in  the  First 
National  Bank  Bldg. 


272 


DICKSON,  FRANK  S.,  adjutant-general  of  Illinois  National  Guard:  official  address,  Springfield;  residence. 
Ramsey;  was  horn  Oct.  6,  1876,  in  Htllsboro,  111.  In  1890  he  graduated  from  the  Decatur  high  school  and  at 
an  early  age  graduated  in  and  began  the  practice  of  law.  In  1S9S  he  served  as  private  in  the  Spanish-American 
war  in  the  volunteer  service  of  Cuba.  He  later  became  a  captain  and  adjutant  in  the  Fourth  Regiment,  I.  N.  G.: 
was  eleeted  to  the  Fifty-ninth  congress  from  the  23rd  district  of  Illinois  for  the  term  of  1905-07.  On  May 
6,  1907,  he  was  appointed  assistant  adjutant-general  and  on  Jan.  1,  1910,  he  was  appointed  adjutant-general. 
I.  N.  G.,  which  position  he  now  occupies. 


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RANK  O.  LOWDEN,  lawyer  and  farmer,  of  Chicago  and 
Oregon,  111.,  was  born  at  Sunrise  City,  Minn.,  Jan.  26,  1861, 
the  son  of  Lorenzo  and  Nancy  Elizabeth  (Breg)  Lowden. 
He  attended  the  common  schools  at  Point  Pleasant,  la., 
during  the  winter  months  and  worked  on  a  farm  during  the 
summer.  He  attended  the  Iowa  State  University  and  graduated  the 
valedictorian  of  his  class,  in  1885.  He  came  to  Chicago  and  attended  the 
Union  College  of  Law,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1887,  being  the  vale- 
dictorian of  his  class  and  also  receiving  first  prizes  for  scholarship  and 
oratory.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  1887  and  practiced  his 
profession  in  Chicago  until  1902,  since  which  time  he  has  been  farmer 
and  stock  breeder. 

Mr.  Lowden  was  president  of  the  Law  Club  of  Chicago  in  1898.  He 
was  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  First  Infantry,  Illinois  National  Guard,  in 
1898,  and  in  1899  was  a  professor  in  the  Northwestern  University  Law 
School.  He  was  tendered  the  office  of  first  assistant  postmaster-general  of 
the  United  States  by  President  William  McKinley  in  1900,  and  was  a 
delegate  to  the  republican  national  conventions  of  1900  and  1904. 

He  was  the  Illinois  member  of  the  republican  national  committee  and 
a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  same  from  1904  to  1912. 

He  was  elected  to  the  national  house  of  representatives  from  the  thir- 
teenth Illinois  district  in  1906,  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  Robert  R. 
Hitt,  and  at  the  same  time  was  elected  to  the  sixtieth  congress.  He  was 
re-elected  to  the  sixty-first  congress  in  1908  and  declined  to  stand  for 
renomination  in  1910  because  of  his  health. 

Mr.  Lowden  is  a  trustee  of  Knox  College  of  Galesburg,  111.,  and  also 
is  a  trustee  of  the  University  of  Chicago.  He  is  trustee  and  president 
of  the  Pullman  Free  School  of  Manual  Training,  endowed  by  the  late 
George  M.  Pullman.  He  is  ex-president  of  the  Chicago-Iowa  Association 
and  of  the  Northwestern  University  Law  School  Alumni  Association.  He 
belongs  to  numerous  clubs,  etc.,  and  to  the  American,  Illinois  and  Chicago 
Bar  associations. 

Mr.  Lowden  was  married  in  Chicago  on  April  29,  1896,  to  Florence 
Pullman,  daughter  of  George  M.  Pullman. 


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FRANK  O.  LOWDEN 


275 


ANTERBURY,  England,  was  the  birthplace  of  William  Best, 
Sr.,  manufacturer,  importer,  and  dealer  in  cigars  and  ciga- 
rettes, of  Chicago.  He  was  born  Aug.  29,  1841,  the  son  of 
William  and  Mary  Ann  (Whitehead)  Best.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  when  eleven  years  of  age,  and  finished  in  the 
public  schools  the  education  which  he  had  started  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  city. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  became  an  office  boy  in  the  wholesale  tobacco 
house  of  John  C.  Partridge  &  Company.  A  few  years  later  he  was  a 
partner  in  the  business,  and  in  1876,  following  the  death  of  the  senior 
member,  he  became  the  head  of  the  company.  He  organized  the  firm  of 
Best,  Russell  &  Company,  which  became  the  Best  &  Russell  Company 
when  it  was  incorporated  in  1891.  He  was  elected  president  of  the  com- 
pany and  has  held  the  position  since. 

Mr.  Best  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  politics.  He  is  a  democrat  and 
was  elected  south  town  collector,  in  1883,  and  appointed  a  member  of  the 
South  Park  commissioners  in  1885,  serving  until  1911,  his  term  being  the 
longest  ever  served  by  a  commissioner  in  the  city  of  Chicago.  He  was 
president  of  the  board  from  1887  to  1891,  auditor  from  1905  ro  1911.  He 
also  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  special  park  commission.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason, 
and  belongs  to  the  Mid-Day,  South  Shore,  Iroquois,  and  Illinois  Athletic 
clubs.  His  office  is  at  533  S.  WTabash  Ave. 


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WILLIAM    BEST.   SH. 


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OBLE  GRAND  ALL,  banker  and  broker,  of  Chicago,  was  born 
at  Moncton,  N.  B.,  on  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  March,  1880. 
He  is  the  son  of  Noble  and  Laura  (Rand)  Crandall.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Windsor,  N.  S.,  and  moved 
from  Nova  Scotia  to  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1900. 
He  was  engaged  with  the  Paine  Furniture  Company  of  Boston  until 
1901,  and  then  was  employed  in  the  Boston  office  of  Steere  &  Burr,  bankers 
and  brokers.  When  that  firm  opened  a  Chicago  branch  on  Feb.  1,  1903, 
Mr.  Crandall  was  transferred  to  Chicago  as  assistant  manager.  He  was 
appointed  manager  of  the  Chicago  branch  on  March  1,  1904.  In  1905 
the  firm  was  changed  to  George  H.  Burr  &  Company  and  he  became  its 
resident  partner. 

George  H.  Burr  &  Co.  maintain  offices  in  New  York,  Boston,  Phila- 
delphia, Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  San  Francisco,  and  cover  the  whole  country 
through  their  representatives.  Their  organization  is  one  of  the  most  effi- 
cient in  the  country.  Doing  a  general  banking  business,  they  are  in  touch 
with  conditions  throughout  the  country,  and  in  offering  commercial  paper 
and  stock  issues  for  investment,  their  facilities  are  of  the  best.  They  do 
not  handle  stocks  oh  the  market,  but  confine  themselves  in  a  general  way 
to  investment  and  commercial  paper. 

Mr.  Crandall  is  a  member  of  the  LTnion  League,  the  Mid-Day,  Chicago 
Yacht,  South  Shore  Country  and  Homewood  clubs.  He  was  married  on 
June  22,  1904,  at  Somerville,  Mass.,  to  Miss  C.  C.  Eldridge,  and  has  three 
children,  Benjamin  Noble,  Charles  Eldridge  and  George  Burr.  His  home 
is  at  5320  Cornell  Avenue  and  his  office  is  in  The  Rookerv. 


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NOBLE   CRANDALL 


279 


ALTER  A.  ROSENFIELD,  prominent  manufacturer,  banker 
and  public-spirited  citizen  of  Rock  Island,  was  born  at 
Rock  Island,  June  13,  1877,  the  son  of  Morris  and  Julia 
(Ottenheimer)  Rosenfield. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  at  Rockford,  111.,  and 
graduated  from  St.  John's  Military  School  at  Manlius,  N.  Y. 

His  father  was  the  founder  of  the  Moline  Wagon  Company  of  Moline, 
and  the  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  his  parents'  business  after  finishing 
his  education.  On  the  retirement  of  his  father  he  was  made  president 
of  the  company,  a  position  which  he  held  until  Jan.  1,  1911,  when  the 
company  was  consolidated  with  Deere  &  Company. 

Mr.  Rosenfield  is  vice-president  of  the  Rock  Island  National  Bank  of 
Rock  Island  and  a  director  of  the  Peoples  Saving  Bank  and  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Moline. 

He  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in  politics  and  has  been  a  member  of 
the  republican  state  central  committee  from  the  fourteenth  congressional 
district  for  a  number  of  years.  He  also  has  been  president  of  the  Illinois 
&  Michigan  Canal  Commission. 

Mr.  Rosenfield  has  taken  a  very  active  interest  in  the  Illinois  national 
guard  and  is  a  captain  in  the  First  cavalry.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason.  Adress,  Rock  Island,  111. 


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ROSE,  JAMES  A.,  secretary  of  state,  Springfield,  is  a  lawyer  by  profession,  but  has  held  his  present  position 
since  1896.  He  was  born  at  Birdsville,  Ky.,  Oct.  13,  1850,  the  son  of  John  D.  and  Sarah  (Sutherland)  Rose,  and 
received  his  early  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Pope  county,  III.,  with  a  short  term  at  the  Normal  school. 
Normal,  III.  He  begun  teaching  school  at  the  age  of  17,  reading  law  at  the  same  time,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1875.  In  1873  he  was  elected  county  superintendent  <>*  schools  of  Pope  county,  and  served  for  two  terms 
and  later  state's  attorney  of  the  same  county  for  two  terms.  He  has  served  as  trustee  of  the  state  institution  at 
Pontiac  and  for  three  and  one-half  years  was  commissioner  of  the  Illinois  penitentiary  at  Chester.  He  was 
elected  secretary  of  stale  on  the  republican  ticket  in  iSiMi  and  was  re-elected  in  1!«)0,  11)04  and  1908  andrenom- 
inated  at  the  primaries,  April  9,  1912.  He  is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason,  Odd  Fellow  and  Knight  of  Pythias,  and 
belongs  to  the  Union  League  and  Hamilton  clubs  of  Chicago  and  the  Sangamo  and  Illinois  Country  clubs  of 
Springfield;  office.  State  House,  Springfield. 


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ALTER  E.  SCHMIDT,  contractor,  of  Chicago,  was  born 
at  Winona,  Minn.,  May  18,  1868,  the  son  of  Henry  G.  C. 
and  Bertha  (Knust)  Schmidt.  He  was  educated  at  the 
public  grammar  and  high  schools  and  attended  Minnesota 
state  normal  school  and  the  Lambert  business  college  at 
Winona,  Wis. 

Mr.  Schmidt  is  secretary  of  the  Illinois  Improvement  and  Ballast  Com- 
pany and  secretary  of  the  Calumet  Publishing  Company. 

For  several  years  Mr.  Schmidt  has  been  a  leader  in  the  republican 
politics  of  Cook  county.  He  was  appointed  deputy  collector  of  the  port 
of  South  Chicago  in  1897  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  1902,  when  he 
was  appointed  assistant  county  treasurer,  a  position  which  he  held  until 
1906. 

Mr.  Schmidt  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Cook  county  board  of  assessors 
and  began  service  in  the  duties  of  that  office  for  a  term  of  six  years  on 
January  1,  1897.  Renominated  at  the  April  primaries,  1912. 

During  his  incumbency  many  innovations  for  the  convenience  of  the 
public  have  been  instituted  in  the  office  of  the  board  of  assessors  and 
systems  have  been  inaugurated  tending  toward  the  equalization  of  taxes 
in  the  county. 

Mr.  Schmidt  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  belongs  to  the  Royal 
League  and  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hamilton  and 
Illinois  Athletic  clubs.  His  office  is  in  the  Commercial  National  Bank 
Bldg. 


WALTER  E.  SCHMIDT 


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XDREW  JOSEPH  GRAHAM,  head  of  the  Chicago  banking 
house  of  Graham  &  Sons,  is  a  native  of  Chicago,  having 
been  born  in  that  city  Feb.  5,  1861,  the  son  of  John  and 
Bridget  Graham. 

He  became  a  student  at  St.  Patrick's  academy  and  later 
attended  the  Scammon  public  grammar  school.  He  began  his  business 
career  as  an  errand  boy  in  the  employ  of  the  furniture  house  of  John  M. 
Smyth  &  Co.  While  in  the  service  of  this  company  he  used  to  black  stoves 
on  the  site  where  his  banking  institution  is  located  at  the  present  time. 

From  Smyth  &  Co.  young  Graham  went  into  the  employ  of  Geohegan 
&  Revell  (now  A.  H.  Revell  &  Co.),  which  was  then  doing  a  business  in 
second  hand  furniture.  Afterward  he  worked  for  Napoleon  Barsaloux,  a 
furniture  merchant.  Later  he  became  associated  with  his  father  in  a 
steamship  agency  and  book  selling  business. 

Eventually  he  succeeded  to  his  father's  business  and  in  1890  embarked 
in  the  general  banking  business,  in  which  he  is  now  engaged  with  his  sons. 
Mr.  Graham  was  appointed  commissioner  of  the  west  parks  in  1893 
by  Gov.  John  P.  Altgeld.  He  was  re-appointed  by  Gov.  Tanner  in  1898 
and  held  the  position  until  1901,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of  business 
reasons.  He  was  a  candidate  for  the  democratic  nomination  of  mayor  of 
Chicago  in  1911. 

The  Royal  League,  the  Royal  Arcanum,  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the 
Chicago  Athletic  association  and  the  Illinois  club  are  among  the  organiza- 
tions to  which  Mr.  Graham  belongs.  His  office  is  at  159  W.  Madison  St. 


284 


ANDREW  J.  CRAHAM 


285 


|DWARD  DICKINSON,  banker  and  broker  of  Chicago,  is 
the  son  of  Charles  and  Eliza  E.  (Burnham)  Dickinson  and 
was  born  in  Chicago,  Nov.  2,  1863.  With  his  parents  he 
moved  to  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  in  1865,  but  returned  to  the 
city  of  his  birth  eight  years  later  and  finished  his  education 
in  the  public  schools. 

His  first  position  after  leaving  school  was  as  a  messenger  in  a  bank, 
in  1878.  He  was  paying  teller  of  the  Metropolitan  National  Bank  during 
the  years  1884  to  1892,  second  assistant  cashier  from  1892  to  1894,  and  was 
assistant  cashier  at  the  time  of  the  consolidation  of  the  bank  with  the 
First  National  Bank,  of  which  he  also  became  assistant  cashier. 

In  1904  he  resigned  his  position  and  organized  the  firm  of  Edward 
Dickinson  &  Company,  dealers  in  commercial  paper.  He  was  president 
of  the  La  Grange  State  Bank  from  1899  to  1906  and  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers and  is  now  one  of  the  directors  of  the  National  Produce  Bank.  He  is 
a  director  of  the  State  Bank  of  Geneva,  111.  In  1901  he  was  treasurer  of 
the  Lincoln  Park  commissioners. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade,  the  Chicago  Stock 
Exchange,  and  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago.  He  is  a  Mason,  Covenant 
Lodge,  Corinthian  Chapter;  St.  Bernard  Commandery,  Knights  Templar. 
His  clubs  are  the  Bankers',  Union  League,  Mid-Day,  Evanston  Golf, 
Chicago  Automobile,  and  Chicago  Gun.  His  offices  are  at  25  Broadway, 
N.  Y.  City,  and  120  West  Monroe  St.,  Chicago. 

Although  he  is  one  of  the  busiest  of  Chicago  business  men,  Mr.  Dickin- 
son has  found  time  to  develop  a  love  for  books.  His  library  contains  many 
valuable  treasures  which  he  has  collected  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  His 
recreations  are  golfing  and  hunting. 


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EDWARD   DICKINSON 


287 


EORGE  TRACY  BUCKINGHAM,  lawyer,  of  Chicago, 
was  born  at  Delphi,  Ind.,  April  21,  1864,  the  son  of  Tracy 
Wilson  and  Helen  (Clark)  Buckingham.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  and  the  normal  school  at  Ladoga,  Ind., 
and  read  law  in  the  office  of  W.  J.  Calhoun  at  Danville, 
111.,  being  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  1893.  At  Danville  he  was  a 
member  successively  of  the  law  firms  of  Wilson  &  Buckingham,  Bucking- 
ham &  Dysert,  Buckingham,  Dysert  &  Troup  and  Buckingham  & 
Troup,  from  1893  to  1908.  He  moved  to  Chicago  on  May  1,  1908,  and 
entered  the  firm  of  Defrees,  Buckingham,  Ritter  &  Campbell,  which  now 
continues  as  Defrees,  Buckingham,  Ritter,  Campbell  &  Eaton. 

Mr.  Buckingham  is  the  president  and  principal  owner  of  the  Danville 
Belt  Coal  Company.  While  located  at  Danville  he  organized  and  had  a 
financial  interest  in  the  Ike  Stern  Company,  mercantile  corporation,  Dan- 
ville Department  Store,  Kelly  Coal  Company,  Consumers'  Coal  Company, 
Vermillion  County  Coal  Company,  Traer  Coal  Company  and  also  in  trac- 
tion lines  all  ed  with  the  Illinois  Traction  Company.  He  was  district 
attorney  of  the  Wabash  Railway  Company  and  was  then  and  is  now  general 
counsel  for  the  Illinois  Coal  Operators'  Association.  He  was  assistant 
state's  attorney  of  Vermillion  county  from  1894  to  1898,  and  in  1907  was 
a  candidate  for  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Illinois  to  succeed 
Justice  Wilkin.  He  lacked  only  five  votes  and  the  convention  balloted 
155  times. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Illinois  national  guard  from  1886  to  1904,  and 
held  the  rank  of  colonel  when  he  resigned.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  state 
hospital  for  the  insane  at  Kankakee,  111.,  from  1897  to  1901  and  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Joliet  prison  board  from  1901  to  1905.  Mr.  Buckingham  is  a 
republican,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and  a  member  of  the  Elks, 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Vermillion  county,  Chicago,  and  Illinois  State  Bar  associations. 
He  belongs  to  the  Union  League  and  Hamilton  clubs.  His  office  is  at 
226  S.  La  Salle  St. 


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JOHNSON,  BYRON  BANCROFT,  president  American  Baseball  League.  Chicago;  b.  Ohio:  att.  Oberlln  and 
Marietta  Colls,  and  Cincinnati  Law  School;  engaged  In  athletics  and  newspaper  work;  7  years  pres.  Western  Base- 
ball league;  pres.  American  Baseball  League  since  1900;  office,  343  S.  Dearborn  St. 


296 


HOYNE,  MAGI-AY,  lawyer.  Chicago:  1).  Chicago,  Oct.  12,  1S7'2:  s.  Thunias  M.  and  Jennie  T.  (Mac'iiy)  Hoyne; 
A.  B  .  William*  Coll. .Mass..  1SH.1;  LL.  B.  Northwestern  lTnlv.  Law  School,  1S<»7:  admitted  to  111.  bar,  IX<»7.  and 
to  the  flrm  of  Hoyne,  O'Connor  &  Hoyne;  asst.  corpn.  counsel  of  Chicago,  July,  1903,  to  Jan.,  1907;  nominee  of 
dem.  party  for  county  judge,  19()(i;  special  counsel  for  com.  of  city  council  on  gas,  oil  and  electric  light,  1907-8; 
drafted  for  city  Chicago  telephone  ordinance  of  Xov.  7,  1907,  under  which  company  now  operates;  counsel  for 
city  in  all  telephone  litigation  in  lower  and  upper  houses  between  1903  and  190S;  appointed  asst.  corpn.  counsel  of 
Chicago,  1911;  nominated  on  dem.  ticket  for  state's  attorney  of  Cook  county  at  primaries  Apr.  9,  1912;  1907- 
11  mem.  flrm  Knight  &  Hoyne;  mem.  Chi.  Bar  Assn.,  Chi.  Law  Inst.;  clubs.  Law,  Legal,  University,  Waukegan 
Country;  office.  City  Hall. 


297 


PAM,  HUGO,  judge  or  the  superior  court  of  Cook  county,  is  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Chicago  bar. 
He  was  born  in  Chicago  Jan.  20,  1870,  the  son  of  Alexander  and  Cecilie  (Oesterreicher)  Pam.  He  was  educated 
in  the  Chicago  public  schools  and  graduated  from  the  west  division  high  school  In  is.s'.t.  lie  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  was  the  orator  of  his  class  the  first  year,  editor  of  the  class  publication  in  his  senior  year, 
and  graduated  with  the  degree,  of  Ph.  B.  in  1892.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  1893  and  has  practiced 
In  Chicago  since  that  time.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Maxwell  Street  Settlement  and  of  the  Young 
Men's  Associated  Jewish  Charities,  Is  secretary  of  the  Jewish  Agicuttural  Aid  Society  of  America  and  president 
of  the  Players'  Club  of  the  Chicago  Hebrew  Institute.  He  Is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  and  Illinois  Bar  asso- 
ciations, and  of  the  Standard,  Illinois  Athletic  and  Ravisloe  Country  clubs.  He  was  elected  judge  of  the  superior 
court  of  Cook  county  in  November,  1911;  office,  County  Bldg. 


298 


JOHNSON,  HENRY  WILLIAM,  lawyer,  Ottawa;  b.  La  Salle  Co.,  111.;  s.  Andrew  H.  and  Sarah  (Baker)  Johnson; 
was  brought  up  on  a  farm;  educated  in  the  public  schools,  JeBBtOgl  Seminary,  and  Northwestern  University; 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois,  1889;  elected  clerk  of  circuit  court.  La  Salle  Co.,  1888  by  one  plurality  on  the 
republican  ticket;  elected  countv  judge  of  sumo  county,  1S*)4;  re-elected  in  189S,  lending  liis  ticket,  and  elected 
to  the  senate  In  the  39th  senatorial  district  1910;  is  president  of  the  Ottawa  Banking  and  Trust  Co.,  Ottawa, 
of  the  Lee  State  Bank,  Lee,  and  of  the  Central  Life  Insurance  Co.  of  Illinois;  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Johnson  &  Hinebaugh;  luis  been  president  of  the  Ottawa  board  of  education;  is  an  Elk,  Knight  of  Pythals,  a 
Knight  Tcmpliir,  and  is  affiliated  with  various  other  fraternities,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Ottawa  Boat 
Club  and  the  Hamilton  Club;  office,  Ottawa. 


299 


ROGERS,  BUELL  SUMNER,  physician  and  surgeon,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Ripon,  Wis.,  June  9,  1863.  He  is  the 
eon  of  Charles  Franklin  and  Arabella  (Barnum)  Rogers.  His  education  was  received  in  the  high  school  of 
Oshkosh,  Wis.,  at  Kipon  Collide1  and  at  Kusn  Medical  Collide.  Chicago,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1892.  He 
has  been  major  and  surgeon  or  the  I.  X.  G.  from  June,  1901.  to  the  present  date,  and  is  a  member  of  the  medical 
reserve  corps  if  the  I'.  S.  army,  having  been  commissioned  in  the  medical  department  during  the  Spanish- 
American  war  as  recruiting  surgeon.  He  was  instructor  of  genito-urinary  diseases  and  syphilology  in  the 
medical  deportment  of  the  I'niversfty  of  Illinois  from  1895  to  1898,  and  of  the  same  .subjects  in  the  post-grad- 
uate school  from  1902  to  1904.  Dr.  Rogers  was  appointed  delegate  by  the  state  of  Illinois  to  the  Association  of 
Military  Surgeons  of  the  United  States  at  Detroit,  Buffalo,  Milwaukee,  and  Jamestown.  He  was  elected  vice- 
president  of  the  Association  of  Military  Surgeons  of  Illinois  in  1909  and  served  us  president  in  1910,  owing  to 
the  death  of  the  president.  Dr.  Nicholas  Senn.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Chicaeo  Medical  Society  and  the 
American  Medical  Society;  club.  Army  and  Navy  (New  York) ;  office,  32  N.  State  St. 


300 


RANKIN,   ODE   LAWRENCE,  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Menard  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  9,  1S69.     He  is  the  son  of 

A.  and  Margaret  (Primm)  Rankin.     He  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Luuan  county 


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the  high  school  in  Mt.  Pulaski.  He  attended  the  Illinois  College  of  Law,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
ith  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  His  admission  to  the  bar  dates  from  1903,  since  which  time  he  has  done  much 
work  in  the  writing  of  briefs  for  other  attorneys,  and  has  been  engaged  in  federal,  appellate  and  supreme 


,  , 

court  >ractlce.  Mr.  Rankin  is  a  democrat  In  politics.  He  was  nominated  for  the  probate  court  Judgeship  of 
Cook  county  In  1910,  and  although  defeated  made  a  very  creditable  showing,  running  only  a  few  hundred 
votes  behind  the  total.  He  was  a  candidate  for  congress  in  1912.  He  is  president  of  the  village  of  Maywood 
for  the  term  1911-13.  He  served  durlne  the  Spanish-American  war  as  a  private  in  Co.  H,  Kansas  Volunteers, 
later  becoming  corporal,  sergeant  In  Co.  L  and  batt.  q.-m.;  following  the  war  he  was  sergeant  of  the  2nd  bat- 
talion, first  regiment  I.  N.  G.,  1900-3,  and  holds  the  gold  medal  of  1900  for  the  highest  score  in  sharpshootinu. 
He  is  a  Ma«on,  a  member  of  Phi  Alpha  Delta  law  fraternity  and  the  Chicago  and  Illinois  Bar  associations; 
club,  Maywood  Men's;  residence,  Maywood;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


301 


WEBER,  EUGENE,  Chicago,  has  been  in  the  restaurant  business  for  the  past  twenty-eight  years.  He  was 
born  in  Alsace  in  1868,  and  came  to  Chicago  during  the  world's  fair  in  1893.  He  has  been  manager  of  the 
La  Salle  St.  station  restaurant  since  its  opening,  ten  yours  ago,  and  for  the  past  eight  yours  lias  added  to  this  the 
management  of  the  Union  Station  restaurant.  Mr.  Weber  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  Knight  Templar, 
and  Shrlner.  His  business  address  is  F.  Merkle  &  Son,  La  Salle  St.  Station. 


302 


DAWSON,  THOMAS  JEFFERSON,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  July  31.  1868;  a.  John  and  Mary  (Carney) 
Dawson;  grad.  north  div.  high  schl.,  1886;  LL.  B.,  Lake  Forest  Univ..  1894;  in  general  practice  tn  Chicago  since 
1894;  democrat;  has  served  as  co.  central  committeeman  from  26th  ward;  chief  asst.  prosecuting  atty.  under 
Mayor  Harrison,  1897-1900;  state  senator  6th  senatorial  dlst.,  1900-4;  declined  renomination;  secty.  and  dir. 
the  Martin-Dawson  Co.,  mfg.  confectioners;  mem.  K.  of  C.,  Ravenswood  Mamnerchor,  Cook  Co.  Democracy 
and  ex-pres.  of  the  Lake  View  Irish-American  Club;  club,  I.  A.  C.;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


OHN  P.  HOPKINS,  former  mayor  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
was  bora  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  29,  1858,  the  son  of  John 
and  Mary  (Flynn)  Hopkins.  He  was  educated  at  St. 
Joseph's  College,  Buffalo,  until  1871.  He  learned  the 
machinist's  trade  and  for  two  years  was  weighmaster  for 
the  Evans  Elevator  Company  of  Buffalo. 

Mr.  Hopkins  moved  to  Chicago  in  1880  and  the  following  year  entered 
the  service  of  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company.  He  was  advanced  to  the 
position  of  timekeeper,  later  general  timekeeper,  and  finally  paymaster. 
He  resigned  in  1888  to  give  his  sole  attention  to  the  affairs  of  the  Arcade 
Trading  Company,  of  which  he  had  become  secretary  following  its  organiza- 
tion at  Pullman,  111.,  in  1885.  The  business  gradually  was  enlarged  and 
became  the  Secord  &  Hopkins  Company,  conducting  eight  stores.  He  took 
an^active  interest  in  democratic  politics  from  the  time  of  his  arrival  in 
Chicago,  and  organized  the  movement  which  resulted  in  the  annexation  to 
Chicago  of  Hyde  Park,  Lake  View,  Lake,  Jefferson  and  Cicero.  He  was 
elected  mayor  of  Chicago  in  1894  and  served  through  1895,  filling  the  un- 
expired  term  of  the  senior  C.  H.  Harrison.  He  was  chairman  of  the  demo- 
cratic campaign  committee  from  1890  to  1892,  vice-chairman  of  the 
national  gold-democratic  committee  in  1896  and  chairman  of  the  democratic 
state  committee  from  1901  to  1904.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  democratic 
national  conventions  of  1892,  1900  and  1904,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers 
and  for  four  years  president  of  the  Cook  County  Democratic  Club. 

Mr.  Hopkins  is  president  of  the  Aurora  Automatic  Machinery  Company 
and  director  of  the  Chicago  &  Great  Lakes  Dredge  &  Dock  Company  and 
of  the  Chicago  Pneumatic  Tool  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago 
Historical  Society,  the  Art  Institute,  the  Field  Museum  of  Natural  History, 
the  Bibliophile  Society  of  Boston,  the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters,  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Catholic  Benevolent  Association.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association  and  the  Mid-Day,  South  Shore 
Country  and  Germania  clubs  of  Chicago  and  the  Manhattan  and  Tilden 
clubs  of  New  York  City. 


304 


SULLIVAN,  ROGER  C.,  pres.  Ogden  Gas  Co.,  Chicago;  b.  Belvidere,  111.,  Feb.  2,  1861;  s.  Eugene  and  Mary  Sul- 
livan; ed.  pub.  schools;  clerk  of  probate  court  of  Cook  Co.,  1890-4:  mem.  Cook  co.  dem.  com.  since  1890;  mem. 
dem.  nat.  com.  from  111.  since  1904;  pres.  Ogden  Gas  Co.  since  1902;  clubs,  Union  League,  C.  A.  A.,  Iroquols, 
Mid-Day,  South  Shore;  office.  122  S.  Michigan  Av. 


305 


BURRES,  JOSEPH  REUBEN,  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Coles  Co.,  III.,  Oct.  5,  1860.  He  was  educated  at 
DePauw  University,  Grcencastle,  Ind.,  and  later  graduated  from  the  law  department  of  Wesley  an  University. 
Beginning  life  as  a  farmer  hoy.  he  tausht  in  country  schools,  was  county  superintendent  of  schools  and  principal 
of  village  schools  until  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  practiced  law  two  years  in  Washington,  then  moved  to 
Chicago  and  for  the  past  twenty  years  has  practiced  there.  He  is  a  republican,  a  member  of  the  Chicago 
Association  of  Commerce,  the  Chicago  Bar  Association  and  Phi  Delta  Phi  fraternity.  Club,  Hamilton;  office 
Ashland  Blk. 


306 


ARNOLD,  BION  J.,  electrical  engineer,  inventor,  Chicago;  b.  Cazenovia,  Mich.,  Aug.  14,  1861 ;  s.Joseph  and  Ger- 
aldinc  (Reynolds)  Arnold:  ed.  Tniv.  i.f  Xeb.,  IS7i»  SO;  gritd.  Hillsdalc  Coll.,  B.  S.,  1884,  M.  S.,  1887;  hon.  M.  Ph., 
1889;  post-grad.  Cornell,  1888-9;  Univ.  of  Neb.  E.  E.,  1897;  Armour  Inst.  D.  Sc.,  1907;  designer  and  builder  In- 
tramural Ry.,  World's  Columbian  Exp'n;  con.  eng.  Chi.  &  Mil.  Elec.  Ry.;  devised  plan  lor  electrification  N.  Y.  C. 
&  H.  R.  R.  R. ;  consult,  eng.  city  of  Chicago  to  plan  and  revise  street  ry.  systems;  chairman  board  of  super,  engs., 
and  chief  eng.  of  reconstruction;  actg.  consult,  eng.  pub.  service  comm.  1st  dist.  X.  Y.;  pres.  and  dir.  Arnold  Co.; 
has  been  pres.  Am.  Inst.  E.  E.,  West  Soc.  of  Engs.,  del'gt  Inter.  Elect.  Cong.,  Paris,  1900;  mem.  Am.  Soe.  C.  E., 
A.  A.  A.  S.;  1st  v.-p.  &  chairman  execut.  corn.  Inter.  Klcc.  Cong.,  St.  Louis,  1904;  mem.  Union  League,  Mid-Day, 
Industrial,  South  Shore  clubs  (Chicago),  Engineers'  and  Transportation  (New  York) ;  offices,  105  S.  La  Salle  St. 


307 


RUSSEL,  ANDREW,  is  one  of  the  best-known  bankers  tn  Illinois.  He  was  born  in  Jacksonville, III., on  June  17,1856, 
the  son  of  William  and  Emily  (Gallaher)  Russel,  receiving  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools,  and  later 
attending  Illinois  College  and  Jacksonville  Business  College.  He  began  his  banking  career  in  the  Jacksonville 
National  Bank  in  1874,  remaining  there  until  1891.  At  present  he  is  vice-president  of  the  Ayers  National 
Bank  of  Jacksonville,  and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Dunlap.  Russel  <fe  Co.  Mr.  Russel  is  a  republican.  He  held 
the  office  of  city  treasurer  of  Jacksonville  for  five  terms  qnd  was  chairman  of  the  state  board  of  pardons  between 
1901  and  1906.  He  was  elected  state  treasurer  for  the  term  1909-11.  He  was  nominated  for  state  treasurer 
at  primaries,  April  9,  1912.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Morgan  Cadets,  which  organization  is 
now  known  as  Co.  I,  I.  N.  G.  A  number  of  societies  claim  him  a  member,  among  them  I.  O.  O.  F.,  K.  P., 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  M.  W.  A.;  office,  Jacksonville. 


:;ns 


HOFFMAN,  PETER  MICHAEL,  coroner  of  Cook  co.,  Chicago:  b.  Desplaines,  Cook  Co..  111..  Mar.  23,  1863:  s. 
Michael  and  Annette  (Xlmsgarn)  Hoflman:  ed.  pub.  schools  of  I>csplaincs  and  business  coll.  Chicago;  in  grocery 
business  and  Inter  was  chief  clerk  and  cashier  for  C.  &  X.  W.  R.  R.  Tor  17  years;  mem.  board  of  Commissioners 
of  Cook  Co.,  1898-1904;  coroner  of  Cook  co.  since  Xov..  1904;  served  as  mem.  board  of  trustees  of  village  of 
Desplaines  for  3  years  (2  year1*  as  pres.) :  chmn.  board  of  edn.  of  school  dist.  Xo.  64.  Cook  co.,  1898-1905;  clubs, 
Hamilton,  C.  A.  A.,  Valley  Glen,  Undercliff  Sportsmen's;  repub.;  residence,  Desplaines.  lit.;  office.  County  Bldg. 


309 


CALLAHAN,  JAMES  EDWARD,  lawyer,  Chicago;  is  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Callahan  &  Callahan  with 
offices  in  the  Ashland  block.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Iowa  in  1876.  He  Is  or  Irish  parentage.  He  received 
a  uradrd  school  ami  high  school  academic  training,  later  attending  the  Iowa  State  Normal  school,  the  University 
or  Minnesota,  Chicago-Kent  College  of  Law  and  Northwestern  University  Law  school.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1910  and  enjoys  a  lucrative  practice.  He  was  a  newspaper  writer  for  three  years. 


310 


SEAMAN,  HALLECK  WAGER,  railroad  official:  president  Tremont  A  Gulf  Ry.,  ManlsteeA  Grand  Rapids  R.  R., 
Minneapolis  &  Rainy  River  Ry.,  Lorain  &  West  Virginia  Ry.,  Gary  A  Southern  Traction  Co.,  Groveton,  Lufkln 
A  Northern  Ry.;  residence,  Clinton,  la.;  b.  Sept.  26,  1860,  Clinton,  la.;  graduated  from  State  L'niv.  of  Iowa, 


.  ,  ,      .      .  .       ,  ,  ,       .  .  , 

1881;  entered  railway  service,  1881,  as  rodman  Mgineerfru?  corps,  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Ry.,  and  was  sub- 
sequently engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Clinton,  la.;  1890  engaged  in  construction  of  Davenport,  Rock 
Island  &  Northwestern  Ry.;  1901-03,  president  Ozark  &  Cherokee  Central  Ry.;  1903-09.  president  Illinois, 
Iowa  &  Minnesota  Ry.  and  Chicago.  Milwaukee  A  Gary  Ry.:  mem.  Union  League  Club  (Chicago),  Union  Club 
(Cleveland),  Wapsipinicon  Club,  (Clinton,  la.);  office.  The  Rookery. 


311 


GOLDEN,  JOHN  FERDINAND,  physician  and  surgeon,  Chicago;  b.  Appleton,  Wis..  1880;  s.  James  and  Margaret 


,  iMiriiiwtrifivrii  L  mv.  since  i»u<  .  iwwo—  n,  strunu  anni.  10  ur.  j. 
Murphy;  was  member  Wis.  Xat.  Guard;  office,  104  So,  Michigan  Blvd. 


312 


EARLING,  HERMAN  B.,  railway  official,  Chicago;  b.  Ricliflcld,  Wis.,  Oct.  30,  1862;  ed.  public  schools,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.;  identified  wlthC.,  M.  &St.  P.  Ry.  since  1S7S:  acent  and  operator,  1878-83;  aast.  train  dispatcher, 
1883-87;  chief  train  dispatcher,  1887-93;  trainmaster,  1893-97;  supt.  ot  terminals,  1897-98;  dlv.  supt..  1898- 
1903:  asst.  gen.  supt.  1903-6;  gen.  supt.  Chicago,  Milwaukee  <fe  Pueet  Sound  R.  R-.  to  1909:  gen.  supt.  C.,  M.  & 
St.  P.  to  1912;  at  present  asst.  gen.  manager  C.,M.ASt.  P.  Ry.:  clubs.  Milwaukee  (Milwaukee),  Minneapolis 
(Minneapolis),  Silver  Bow  (Butte);  office.  Railway  Exchange  Bldg. 


313 


COWEN,  WINFIELD  SCOTT,  chief  grain  insp.  lor  111.;  b.  on  farm 
Altoona,  Pa.,  Dec.  13,  1848;  s.  George  and  Mary  (Barnhart) 
Cowen;  ed.  public  seal.:  came  west  with  parents  to  Carroll  Co., 


.  . 

111.,  1856;  in  grain  and  live  stock  buyi 
ware  and  farm  machinery  at  Shannon, 


., 

,  1876-88;  dealer  in  hard- 
,     1.,  1887-92;  postmaster  of 

Shannon,  1889-93;  apptd.  chief  grain  inspector  by  Gov.  Yates. 
June  10,  1904;  reapptd.  by  Gov.  Deneen,  July  1,  1907;  mem.  Nat. 
Chief  Grain  Inspa.  Assn.  and  111.  Grain  Dealers'  Assn.;  trustee. 
Elgin  Insane  Asylum,  1897-1901;  trustee  Shannon,  111.,  several 
terms  and  pres.  of  board  two  terms;  del.  to  repub.  nat.  convention 
1892;  was  one  of  14  who  voted  for  .1.  G.  Elaine  for  presidential 
nominee;  Mason  (32d  degree,  K.  T.  and  Shrlner);  residence,  Shan- 
non, 111.;  also,  640  York  PI.,  Chicago;  office.  Insurance  Exchange 
Bldg. 


HOLLY,  WILLIAM  H.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Bellefonte,  Pa.,  Sept. 
19,  1869;  s.  Timothy  Rhude  and  Margaret  (McDonough)  Holly: 
adm.  bar  1891;  mem.  firm  of  Prentisa,  Baily  &  Holly,  Macomb,  111.: 
moved  to  Chi.  1902;  became  mem.  flrm  of  Hall  &  Holly:  mem.  Council 
of  the  N.  W.  Univ.  Settlement,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  and  K.  T.;  clubs. 
City,  Irish  Fellowship;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


HUTTMANN,  HENRY  W.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Milwaukee.  Wis., 
May  23,  1872;  s.  William  E.  and  Corrlia  (Erpeldlnn)  Himmann;  ed. 
Fairmount  Coll.,  Wichita,  Central  Normal  Coll.,  Chi.  Univ.;  was 
newspaper  reporter;  adm.  bar  of  Kan.  1897,  of  111.  1902;  in  gen. 
practice;  was  in  U.  S.  revenue  service,  Kan.,  1893-6;  acting  co. 
atty.,  Sedgwick  Co.,  Kan.  1896-8;  mem.  Chi.  bd.  of  edn.,  dir.  In 
a  number  of  charitable  i lists.  :md  business  corporations;  mem.  Chi. 
Bar  Assn.;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  clubs,  Germania,  German  Press,  Deut- 
sche Gesellscliuft.  German  Sing  Verein,  and  manv  others;  office, 
Harris  Trust  Bldg. 


COHEN,  EDWARD,  clothing  merchant  and  city  collector,  Chicago; 
b.  Buffalo,  X.  Y.,  June  13,  1864;  s.  Charles  and  Clementine  (Lich- 
tenstein)  Cohen:  clothing  business,  Ashland,  Wis.,  1883-1891; 
traveled  for  Kohn  Bros.,  wholesale  clothiers,  1891-1894;  opened 
clothing  business  on  his  own  account  in  Chicago,  1894;  aid.,  Ash- 
land, Wis.,  1887;  appointed  city  collector  by  Mayor  Harrison, 
May  t,  1911;  Mason,  K  P.,  Royal  Arcanum;  office,  9206-08  Com- 
mercial Ave. 


314 


UTPATEL,  HENRY,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Apr.  22,  1870; 
s.  William  and  Mary  (Schroedor)  Utpatel;  ed.  German  Lutheran 
parochial  achl..  Athenaeum  and  Chicago-Kent  Coll.  of  Law;  office 
boy  In  flre  insurance  office;  chief  bookkeeper,  Germania  Fire 
Insurance  Co.  several  years;  studied  law  at  night;  repub.;  elected 
alderman  of  the  15th  ward,  1909  and  1911;  mem.  Hamilton  Club, 
Teutonla  Mu-nnerchor,  Wicker  Park  Ma'nnerchor,  Chicago  Quar- 
tette Club  and  Central  Turn  Verein;  office.  408  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce Bldg. 


HAIGHT,  GEORGE  I.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  on  Koshkonong 
Prairie,  Wis.,  Mar.  26,  1878:  s.  Stephen  and  Ettie  (Ives)  Haight; 
ed.  Univ.  of  Wis.,  B.  L.  1899;  I  year  Chi.  Law  schl..  LL.  B.,  N.  W. 
Univ.,  1902;  professor  of  damages  In  Chi.  Law  Schl.;  club,  20th 
Century;  office.  The  Rookery. 


FYFFE,  COLIN  CAMPBELL,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Ireland.  June 
10,  1860;  s.  John  and  Mary  L.  (Heslop)  Fyffe;  grad.  Racine  Coll. 
1882;  L.  L.  H.  Harvard  law  schl.,  1887;  1887  became  law  clerk; 
1888  adm.  to  bar;  began  practice  as  a  partner  with  P.  S.  Fuller, 
continuing  until  1893:  then  practiced  alone  and  was  asst.  corpn. 
counsel  of  Chi.  ISH'.l  KMKi;  associated  with  Henry  Chancellor 
Wood  in  law  firm  of  Wood  &  Fyffe,  1903-7;  since  1907  with  E.  D. 
Adcock  as  Fyffe  <t  Adcock;  democrat;  mem.  bd.  of  dirs.  Chi.  Pub. 
Library,  1903-6;  club,  Univ.  of  Chi.  Golf;  office.  111  W.  Monroe  St. 


MADDEN,  JAMES,  captain  of  police,  Chicago;  b.  Yorkshire. 
land,  June  27,  1857;  s.  John  and  Eliza  (O'Xeill)  Madden;  ed 
Me  schools.  Cook  Co.;  became  member  of  police  department 
sergeant  1889.  lieutenant,  1890;  captain  1891;  residence, 
St.  Lawrence  Avc. 


Kng- 

pub- 

I  ssj : 
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MURRAY,  CARL  T.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  near  Alliance,  O.,  Jan. 
15,  1875;  s.  Charles  and  Laura  (Paxson)  Murray;  ed.  Alliance 
high  schl.;  grad.  Chi.  Coll.  of  Law,  1895;  newspaper  reporter  1891- 
04.  financial  reporter.  Dun  and  Bradstreet,  1894-1903;  practiced 
law  since  1903;  elected  alderman  20th  ward,  1911;  Mason;  club, 
Illinois;  office,  Otis  Bldg. 


RYAN.  JOSEPH  F.,  alderman  4th  ward,  Chicago;  b.  Chi.  1872; 
ed.  All  Saints'  parochial  schl.  and  St.  Patrick's  Commercial  Acad.; 
became  plumber  but  met  with  an  accident  which  compelled  him  to 
give  up  his  trade  tor  a  clerical  position;  was  timekeeper  in  water 
pipe  extension  dept.  of  the  city;  democrat;  elected  alderman,  1911; 
office,  City  Hall. 


JOHNSON,  JAY  L.,  surveyor  and  civil  engr.,  Chicago;  b.  Palermo, 
N.  Y.,  June  30,  1842;  farmer  until  1869;  mem.  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.. 
bd.  of  supervisors  4  yrs.;  worked  for  engrs.  and  contractors  on  111. 
and  western  rivers  10  yrs.;  located  in  Chi.  1885;  vice-pres.  Chi. 
Guarantee  Surveying  Co.;  mem.  Cht.  Assn.  of  Commerce;  Mason; 
office,  118  X.  La  SalleSt. 


BURKHARD,  FREDERICK,  seety.  and  treas.  the  Fred  Burkhard 
Co.,  storage  warehouse,  and  furniture  movers  Chicago;  b.  Baden, 
Germany,  Jan.  7,  1864;  s.  Mathae  and  Agatha  (Gut)  Burkhard; 
ed.  grammar  schl.  Germany;  came  to  Am.  1869,  settled  in  St.  Louis, 
1882  in  Chi.;  started  us  street  car  driver,  later  policeman;  has  been 
In  present  business  since  1896;  democrat;  nominated  alderman 
2fith  ward,  1905;  now  mem.  bd.  of  local  improvements:  mem. 
Movers  of  Furniture  assn.;  office.  3847  Lincoln  Ave. 


316 


UHLIR,  JOSEPH  Z.,  judge  of  municipal  court,  Chicago;  b.  Bohe- 
mia, Dec.  9,  1872;  s.  Joseph  and  Mary  Uhlir;  came  to  Chicago 
1875:  at  15  started  to  work  in  law  office;  LL.  B.,  Lake  Forest  Univ., 
1893;  1894  adm.  to  bar  and  elected  alderman  12th  ward  on  repub. 
ticket;  re-elected  1906  and  1908;  Nov.,  1908,  elected  to  bench  of 
municipal  et.;  mem.  Turner  Soc.;  club,  Hamilton;  mem.  various 
other  clubs  and  societies;  office.  City  Hall. 


DUPEE,  EUGENE  HENRY,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago:  s.  Charles 
A.  and  Jennie  (Wells)  Dupee;  ed.  pub.  and  private  schls.  Chi.; 
grad.  Yale,  1889;  Union  Coll.  of  Law,  1891:  adm.  to  bar,  1891;  is 
asst.  corporation  counsel  in  city  law  dept.,  engaging  in  special 
assessment  and  condemnation  cases,  also  boulevard  link  and  other 
projects  of  Chicago  Plan  comm.;  office.  City  Hall. 


DUMONT,  HENRY,  mgr.  Pacific  Coast  Borax  Co.,  Chicago;  b. 
San  Francisco,  Mar.  17,  1878;  s.  Frederick  and  Jane  (Dougal) 
Dumont;  ed.  grammar  and  night  business  schl.;  with  Holt  Bros. 
&  Co.,  carriage  materials,  San  Francisco,  1891:  employed  1897 
with  Pacific  Coast  Borax  Co.,  becoming  successively  cashier  and 
chief  accountant,  1901-2,  secty.  and  Pacific  Coast  mgr.,  1902-8, 
and  manager  of  the  Chicago  office  since  Aug.  1,  1908;  author:  "A 
Golden  Fancy"  (poems),  1910;  "The  Average  Man"  (prose), 
and  much  fugitive  poetry  since  1904;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


WILCOX,  WILLIAM  DANA,  city  gas  inspector,  Chicago;  b.  Utica, 
111.,  July  27,  1866;  s.  Samuel  Mills  and  Mary  Jane  (Daoa)  WIlcox; 
ed.  Grand  Prairie  St-rn.,  Onarga,  III.,  DePauw  Univ.;  book  pub- 
lisher, 1889-99;  justice  of  peace,  town  of  Jefferson.  1899-1907; 
pres.  and  mgr.  Chicago  Creditors'  Assn.  1907-11;  appointed  to 
present  position  1911.;  mem.  Chicago  Alumni  chap.  Beta  Theta 
Pi,  K.  P.,  K.  M.,  Royal  League.  Mason;  office.  City  Hall. 


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McSHERRY,  JAMES  ROGER,  lawyer  and  claims  attorney  for  the 
C.&E.  I.  R.R.  company,  Chicago;  b.  Frederick,  Md.,  July  27,  1869; 
s.  Chief  Justice  James  McSherry  of  Md.  Court  of  Appeals,  and 
Clara  L.  (McAleer)  McSherry;  ed.  Frederick  Coll.  and  Georgetown 
Univ.;  in  practice  of  law  in  Md.  until  1907;  practiced  in  Chicago 
since  1907;  formerly  secty.  of  the  senate  of  Md.  and  now  secty.  and 
treas.  Assn.  of  Ry.  Claims  Attys.  of  U.  S.  and  Canada;  mem.  B.  P. 
O.  E.;  office,  McCormick  Bids;. 


SULLIVAN,  JOHN  J.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chi..  Dec.  20,  1880;  s. 
James  P.  and  Anne  (Doheny)  Sullivan;  grad.  s.  division  high 
school  1897;  Chi.  Normal  schl.,  1898;  LL.  B.  Chi.-Kent  Coll.  of  Law 
1905;  teacher  in  James  Shields'  pub.  schl.,  1898-1906;  engaged 
in  law  practice  1906;  appt.  master  in  chancery  of  the  superior  court 
by  Judge  Clarence  N.  Goodwin,  1911;  mem.  Chi.  Bar  Assn.,  Chi. 
Assn.  of  Commerce  and  K.  C.;  office,  179  W.  Washington  St. 


DONOVAN,  RUPERT  D.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Woodstock,  111., 
Oct.  23,  1887;  s.  John  D.  and  Anna  (Donnelly)  Donovan;  ed. 
Woodstock  high  schl.;  Notre  Dame  Univ.  LL.  B.,  1908;  enter- 
ed law  office  of  Winston,  Payne,  Strawn  &  Shaw,  Chicago;  mem. 
Chicago  Auto.  Club  and  Elks;  office,  38  S.  Dearborn  St. 


SWANSON,  CHARLES  E.,  manufacturer  of  wagons  and  automo- 
biles, was  born  and  educated  in  Sweden.  He  is  the  president  of  the 
Swanson  Motor  Car  Co.,  whose  address  is  5711-19  Wentworth  Ave., 
Chicago. 


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GLACKIN,  EDWARD  J  ,  supt.  of  special  assessment  and  secty.  bd. 
or  local  improvements,  Chicago;  b.  Montreal,  Can.,  May  9,  1866: 
s.  James  J.  and  Mary  (Deegan)  Glackln;  ed.  St.  Patrick's  Acad.; 
fleeted  state  representative  17th  dist.,  1904  term,  and  state  senator 
1906  and  1910;  mem.  R.  L.,  K.  C.,  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles; 
office.  City  Hall. 


RYAN,  FRANK  S.,  deputy  county  comptroller.  Chicago;  b.  Chi., 
Dec.  26,  1874;  s.  William  and  Ellen  (Farrell)  Ryan;  ed.  pub.  schls., 
Bryant  &  St  rat  ton  Business  Coll.;  democrat:  mem.  co.  central  com. 
for  past  15  yrs.;  city  paymaster  for  treas.  of  Chi.  12  yrs.;  nominated 
for  congress  1909  to  fill  unexpired  term;  mem.  K-  C..  R.  A.,  M.  W. 
A.,  C.  O.  F.;  office,  County  BIdg. 


BOYLAN,  PETER  RICHARD,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  near  Portage, 
Wis.,  1865;  s.  Peter  and  Kuthcrine  (McCarthy)  Boylan;  ed.  pub. 
schls.  and  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  Normal  Schl.;  taught  schl.  meanwhile 
and  grad.  Normal  1894;  principal  Montello,  Wis..  high  schl.  2  yrs.; 
studied  law  Princeton,  Wis.,  law  office;  LL.  B.  Chicago  Law 
Schl.;  adm.  bar  1897;  member  Chi.  branch  Oshkosh  Normal  Schl. 
Alumni  and  Wisconsin  Soc.  of  Chi.;  office.  Tribune  Bldg. 


HEALEY,  CHARLES  C.,  captain  of  police,  Chicago:  o.  New  York 
City,  May  14,  1855;  s.  John  J.  and  Bridget  (Sullivan)  Healey;  ed. 
Chi.  pub.  schl.;  entered  the  police  service  in  the  old  Town  of  Lake, 
1887,  and  has  served  continuously  since  that  date;  in  charge  of 
mounted  police;  office,  1121  S.  State  St. 


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OHX  S.,  FIELD,  president  of  the  Knickerbocker  Ice  Com- 
pany and  The  Consumers  Company,  of  Chicago,  is  a  native  of 
Beloit,  Wis.,  where  he  was  born  Aug.  14,  1847,  the  son  of 
Spafford  C.  and  Martha  Ann  (Durgin)  Field.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Beloit  high  school  and  after  his  graduation 
came  to  Chicago,  where  he  obtained  employment  with  Swett  &  Crouch, 
ice  dealers,  in  1867. 

The  business  was  purchased  in  1879  by  E.  A.  Shedd  &  Company,  of 
which  Mr.  Field  was  a  member.  The  firm  was  incorporated  in  1885  and 
Mr.  Field  was  vice-president  and  general  manager.  He  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  company  in  1898,  after  it  had  been  reorganized  into  the  Knicker- 
bocker Ice  Company  and  had  absorbed  thirty -five  other  ice  companies  of 
the  city. 

In  addition  to  being  at  the  head  of  the  Knickerbocker  and  Consumers 
companies,  Mr.  Field  is  president  of  the  Eastern  Indiana  Company  and 
director  of  many  western  subsidiaries  of  the  New  York  Central  lines. 
He  also  is  a  director  of  the  Chicago,  Terre  Haute  &  Southern  Railway 
Company. 

The  career  of  Mr.  Field  is  an  illustration  of  the  immense  possibilities 
which  the  intricate  business  life  of  Chicago  offers  to  the  youth  from  the 
country  and  the  small  city  who  comes  to  the  metropolis  with  a  willingness 
to  work  and  an  eye  for  the  recognition  of  opportunity.  Ability  for  organi- 
zation, concentration  of  endeavors  until  success  is  won,  and  readiness  to 
concede  to  others  the  full  measure  of  their  worth  are  qualities  which  have 
been  the  basis  for  the  building  of  his  high  business  status. 

Politically,  Mr.  Field  is  a  republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago 
Association  of  Commerce,  and  of  the  following  clubs:  Union  League, 
I.  A.  C.,  C.  A.  A.,  Calumet,  Mid-Day,  South  Shore  and  Press  of  Chicago, 
and  of  the  Lawvers  in  New  York.  His  office  is  at  39  South  La  Salle  St. 


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WICKETT,  FREDERICK  H.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Olsworthy,  Devonshire,  Eng.,  June  23,  1 868;  s.  Richard  and 
Jane  (Hooper)  Wicket t;  taken  to  Canada  by  parents  in  1871;  ed.  Ontario  Can.;  read  law  in  office  of  Colin  Mac- 
Dougall,  Q.  C.,  St.  Thomas,  Ont.;  came  to  Chicago  In  1890,  as  atty.  for  N.  P.  R.  R.  Co.,  with  which  remained 
until  1893;  since  then  engaged  in  corporation  practice;  now  counsel  for  various  corporations  and  banks;  mem. 
law  firm  Horton,  Wickett,  Miller  &  Meier;  dir.  Drexel  State  Bank,  Chas.  Herendeen  Milling  Co.,  Chicago 
Reduction  Co.;  chmn.  of  hd.  South  Side  Brewery  Co.;  Independent  In  politics:  mem.  Chicago  and  111.  Bar  assns.; 
clubs.  Union  League,  Mid-Day,  Midlothian  Country,  Chicago  Golf.  Kenwood,  South  Shore  Country;  office, 
134  S.  La  Salle  St. 


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SULLIVAN,  DENIS  E.,  judge  of  superior  court  of  Cook  counts',  Chicago,  was  born  at  Kewanee.  III..  Nov.  16, 
1867,  the  son  of  Mortimer  and  Ellen  (Hurley^  Sullivan.  A  graduate  of  the  Kewanee  hisrh  school  in  1886,  he 
moved  to  Chicago  in  1892,  graduated  from  the  Chicago  College  of  Law  in  1895,  and  cnmmcd  in  law  practice.  He 
was  appointed  assistant  corporation  counsel  of  Chicago  by  Mayor  Harrison  in  1S<J7.  made  head  of  special  assess- 
ment law  department  In  1809;  elected  to  the  Illinois  legislature  in  1896-1898.  and  1900  on  the  democratic 
ticket,  and  to  the  judgeshtp  in  1911.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association,  Chicago  Law  Institute, 
Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  Knights  of  Columbus;  club,  I.  A.  C.;  office,  County  Bldg. 


322 


MAYER,  WILLIAM  PITT,  vice-president,  in  charge  of  the  central  states  department,  of  the  International  Text- 
book Company,  best  known  as  proprietor  of  the  International  Correspondence  Schools  uf  Srranton,  Pa.,  Chicago. 
The  Text-book  Co.,  capital  810,000,000.  is  the  largest  publisher  of  technical  books  in  the  world  with  a  daily 
output  of  more  than  1000  completed  volumes.  The  International  Kdncutional  Publishing  Company,  auxiliary 
concern,  has  a  capital  of  s-Jo.ooo.OOO.  The  International  Correspondence  Schools  have  enrolled  upwards  of 
1,500,000  students.  Mr.  Mayer  is  a  lawyer  by  profession  and  for  flve  years  has  been  a  resident  of  Chicago; 
office,  1006  S.  Michigan  Ave. 


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WILKERSON,  JAMES  HERBERT,  United  States  attorney,  Chicago;  b.  Savannah,  Mo..  Deo.  11.  1SG9; 
son  John  W.  and  Lydfa  (Austin)  Wilkerson;  A.  B.,  DePauw  Univ.,  Greencastle,  Ind.,  1889;  successfully  repre- 
sented Ind.  in  the  interstate  oratorical  contest  of  IKS!):  principal  of  hiKh  school.  Hastings,  \ch..  isoo-1;  in- 
structor in  DePauw  Univ.,  1891-3;  admitted  to  bar  in  Chicago,  1S93.  and  began  practice  with  Myron  H.  Beach; 
became  connected,  1894,  with  law  flrm  of  Tenney,  McConnell  &  Coffeen,  and  a  partner  in  that  firm  in  1900; 
flrm  later  changed  to  Tenney,  Coffeen,  Harding  &  Wilkerson;  now  mem.  flrm  of  Brundage,  Wilkerson  &  Cassells; 
repub.;  mem.  III.  legislature,  1902,  from  13th  dist.;  conducted  the  flght  for  a  state  civil  service  law  and  intro- 
duced and  secured  the  passage  of  the  constitutional  amendment  for  a  new  charter  for  Chicago;  appointed  atty. 
for  Cook  Co.,  1903,  and  conducted  important  litigation  Involving  question"  uf  taxation  .particularly  the  taxa- 
tion of  the  capital  stock  of  corpns.;  appointed  special  atty.  for  the  U.  S.,  190fi,  in  cases  involving  violations  of 
interstate  commerce  acts,  particularly  prosecutions  against  (he  Standard  Oil  Co.;  appointed  special  as-s'.  to  atty. - 
pen.  of  U.  S.  1910,  in  prosecutions  against  Swift  &  Co.,  Armour  &  Co..  Morris  &  Co.  and  National  Packing 
Co..  and  their  officers  for  violations  of  anti-trust  act;  appointed  United  States  atty.  for  the  northern  district 
of  Illinois,  Aug.  1,  1911;  clubs.  Union  League,  Law,  Hamilton,  Woodlawn  Park;  office.  Federal  Bldg. 


324 


WESTON,  GEORGE,  engr.,  Chicago;  b.  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  Jan.  30,  isfil;  s.  John  and  Catherine  (Clark) 
Weston;  ed.  schls.  of  Kalamazoo  and  private  instructions;  engineering  corps  of  M.,  K  &  T.  R.  R.  Co.,  1880,  as 
rodman  in  construction  work  south  from  Ft.  Worth,  Tex.;  in  mercantile  business,  1882-3;  with  engineering 
corps  of  G.,  C.  &  S.  F.  R.  R.  Co.,  rodman  to  asst.  engr.,  1885-7;  entered  employ  of  Charles  T.  Yerkes.  1887,  in 
full  charge  of  construction  ot  Clybourn  Ave.,  Milwaukee  Ave..  Blue  Island  Ave..  and  Halsted  St.  cable  lines: 
rebuilt  about  75  miles  of  horse  car  lines  into  electric  lines  on  west  side;  resigned.  July,  lS9ti,  and  became  rn',rr. 
of  const  ruction  dept.,  Naugle,  Holcomb&  Co.,  having  charge  of  construction  of  the  lines  of  Suburban  R.  R.  Co.,  of 
Chicago,  the  changing  from  steam  to  electric  road  Chicago  Terminal  Transfer  Co.,  :iml  construction  of  Tenn. 
Cen.  Ky.  r»ver  Cumberland  Mountains,  Tenn.;  mem.  Ilrm  of  Weston  Bros,  (with  Charles  V.  Weston),  con- 
sulting and  constructing  engrs..  1901-3;  asst.  chief  engr.  and  mem.  board  of  supervising  engrs.,  Chicago  Trac- 
tion; mem.  Am.  Soc.  of  Civil  Engrs.,  Western  Soc.  Engrs.;  clubs.  Engineers'  (New  York),  Engineers',  Exmoor 
Country,  C.  A.  A.,  South  Shore;  office,  105  S.  La  SaMe  St. 


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McGOORTY.  JOHN  P..  is  judge  of  the  circuit  court  of  Cook  county,  having  been  elected  in  November,  1911.  He 
was  born  in  Ashtabula  county,  Ohio,  in  1866.  He  removed  with  his  parents  four  years  later  to  Berlin,  Wls.,  where 
he  spent  his  boyhood.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1892,  and  in  his  Chicago  practice  was  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  McGoorty  &  Pollock.  He  Is  a  democrat,  was  elected  to  the  Illinois  legislature  in  1896.  re-elected  in 
1898.  returned  to  the  legislature  in  1904  and  re-elected  in  1906.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American,  Illinois  and 
Chicago  Bar  associations.  Royal  League.  Elks.  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians.  Foresters,  Chicago  Association  of 
Commerce,  and  Kniphts  of  Columbus;  clubs,  Iroquois,  C.  A.  A.;  chambers.  County  Bldg. 


326 


TAYLOR,  DAVID  LEE,  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Taylor-Critchfleld  Co.,  advertising  and  publishing, 
Chicago,  was  born  in  Geneseo,  II!.,  May  28,  1866.  He  is  the  son  of  Freeman  C.  and  Helen  A.  Taylor,  and  was 
educated  :it  the  Cirfnnell,  la.,  high  school  and  the  Phillips  Kxeter  Academy,  Exeter,  N.  H.  His  active  career  was 
begun  in  the  raort«;w  loan  business  with  C.  W.  H.  Reyer  &  Co.,  Orinnell,  later  with  the  Merchants  National 
Hank  of  Grinnell,  and  the  Citizens  National  Bank  of  Des  Moines.  Coming  to  Chicago,  hn  entered  the  advertis- 
ing business  and  became  the  vice-president  of  Lord  &  Thomas  before  organl.'in?  present  company;  clubs,  C.  A.  A., 
Chicago  Automobile,  Chicago  Yacht,  South  Shore.  Skokie,  Midlothian,  Columbia  Yacht,  Racine  Country;  office. 
223  W.  Jackson  Blvd. 


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DAVIS,  JOHN  McCAN,  Journalist  and  author,  clerk  III.  Supreme 
court,  Springfield;  b.  Fulton  Co.,  111.  Nov.  19,  1866;  s.  Martin 
I.  and  Nancy  F.  (McCan)  Davis;  ed.  pub.  schls.;  began  writing 
for  newspapers  at  15;  brief  experience  as  country  schl.  teacher; 
engaged  in  newspaper  work  in  Canton,  111.,  and  In  Iowa;  in  Spring- 
field since  1888;  author  or  "How  Abraham  Lincoln  Became  Pres- 
ident," "The  Breaking  of  the  Deadlock,"  etc.;  adm.  to  bar  1895; 
elected  present  position  in  1908;  mem.  III.  Press  Assn.,  111.  State 
Bar  Assn.,  Hamilton  Club.  Chicago;  office,  Supreme  Court  Bldg., 
Springfield,  111. 


KNIGHT,  JOHN  B.t  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Christian  Co.,  Ky.,  Oct. 
1,  1847;  s.  John  B.  ;iml  Klizit  (liryan)  Knight;  ed.  Bethany  ( 'nil. 
W.  Va.;  came  to  Chicago  1871  and  engaged  in  present  business; 
mem.  Chi.  real  estate  bd.;  clubs,  Union  League,  Kenwood;  office, 
74  W.  Washington  St. 


O'KEEFFE,  PATRICK  JAMES,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b.  Ireland, 
Mar.  29,  1861;  s.  Patrick  and  Margaret  Fox  (Sullivan)  O'KeefTe; 
ed.  Limerick  (Ireland)  Diocesan  Coll.  and  Queen's  Univ.;LL.  B., 
Lake  Forest  Univ.,  1896;  engaged  in  journalism  in  Ireland,  1879- 
80,  New  York  and  Chicago,  1881-6;  employed  in  confidential 
capacity  by  Armour  &  Co..  especially  with  Philip  D.  Armour,  1886- 
96;  adm.  to  bar,  1896;  law  lecturer  Univ.  Notre  Dame;  chairman 
7th  Regt.  (I.  N.  G.)  Auxllary  Assn.;  mem.  Chicago  and  III.  Bar 
assns.,  Chicago  Law  Inst.,  Western  Economic  Society,  Art  Inst., 
Chicago  Municipal  Art  League,  Social  Justice  League  of  Am.,  Chi- 
cago Vice  Comm.,  Municipal  League  of  Chicago;  clubs.  Union 
League  (Chicago)  Catholic  (.New  York);  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


GORHAM,  SIDNEY  SMITH,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b.  Rutland  Co., 
Vt.,  Nov.  6,  1874  s.  Frank  E.  and  Mary  J.  (Smith)  Gorham;  ed. 
common  schls.  Rutland;  LL.B.  Chicago  Coll.  of  Law.  1894:  adm.  bar 
Nov.  6,  1895,  having  been  previously  associated  as  employe  (stu- 
dent and  clerk)  with  Luther  Laflln  Mills  from  1890:  became  part- 
ner with  Mr.  Mills  and  his  son  Matthew  under  firm  name  of  Mills, 
Gorham  &  Mills;  1906  formed  co-partnership  with  Henry  W.  Wales 
as  Gorham  &  Wales,  engaged  in  general  practice;  mem.  III.  State 
liar  As.su.  Chicago  Mar  Assn.,  Xew  England  Soc.  of  Chicago; 
clubs,  Chicago  Automobile,  C.  A.  A.,  Illini,  Country,  LaGrange 
Country,  LaGrange  Motor;  res.,  LaGrange;  office,  New  York 
Life  Bldg. 


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SPEARS,  HENRY,  deputy  coroner,  Cook  Co.,  Chicago;  b.  Brooklyn. 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  15,  1850;  s.  Henry  and  Gertrude  Spears;  came  to  Cht. 
1856  and  has  since  made  it  his  home;  ed.  pub.  schls.,  Chi.;  was  in 
grocery  business  with  his  father;  then  traveling  man  (or  a  whole- 
sale trunk  house  and  comm.  merchant;  repub.;  was  minute  clerk 
in  probate  ct.,  asst.  jailer  Cook  co.,  and  chief  elk.  probate  ct.;  appt. 
asst.  sheriff  by  Sheriff  Strassheim,  later  appt.  deputy  coroner; 
Mason;  mem.  R.  A.;  office.  County  BIdg. 


KANE,  EDWARD,  trustee.  Sanitary  district,  Chicago;  b.  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  Sept.  27,  1869;  s.  Michael  and  Ellen  (Walsh)  Kane; 
ed.  pub.  schls.  of  native  city;  after  removal  to  Chicago  engaged  in 
plumbing  and  gasfltting  until,  in  1897,  foreman  of  water  pipe  ex- 
tension for  city  of  Chicago,  a  position  which  he  held  until  he  was 
elected  on  dem.  ticket  sanitary  trustee,  Nov.,  1911;  office,  76  W. 
Monroe  St. 


TETER,  DANIEL  PATRICK,  physician  and  surgeon,  Chicago:  b. 

Bcliimtnn.  \V.  Va..  Aim.  '27.  l.sflfi;  s.  .loscph  and  l)nrind:i  <  l-'uwcrtt; 
Teter;  ed.  pub.  schls.,  State  Univ.  of  W.  Va.;  Baltimore,  Md.. 
Medical  Coll.  (M.  D.  1889);  post-grad,  course  in  medicine  Bell- 
view  Medical  Coll.  1896.  honorary  M.  A.  Harlem  Springs,  O.,  1893; 
practiced,  Angus,  la.,  1889-93,  was  mayor  1  yr.  there;  1893-1901 
at  Omaha,  Neb.,  practicing  and  instructor  of  anatomy  at  Omaha 
Medical  Coll.;  came  to  Chi.  1901;  dem.;  nominee  for  alderman 
26th  ward  1911;  appt.  asst.  wardman  and  medical  supt.  Cook  Co. 
hosp.  1911;  mem.  various  medical  socs..  K.  P.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  B.  P. 
O.  E.;  clubs.  Southern,  Hawkeye;  address.  Cook  Co.  Hospital. 


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FIFER,  ERNEST  REYNOLD,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Thorn,  Germany, 
Dec.  20,  1878;  s.  Ferdinand  and  Marie  (Kallweit)  Fifer,  att.  prepar- 
atory schls.  in  Berlin,  Germany,  B.  S.  Valparaiso  Coll.,  1902;  LL, 
B.,  N.  W.  Univ.,  1905;  (.-iinagcd  i"  lnw  practice  in  Chicago,  1905; 
associated  with  leading  legal  linns  until  1910;  in  independent  prac- 
tice, 1911;  appointed  asst.  special  counsel  to  Chi.  Civil  Service 
Comm.  in  its  investigation  and  reorganization  of  the  police  dept., 
1911-1912;  clubs,  Iroquois  and  I.  A.  C.;  mem.  of  111.  and  Chi.  Bar 
assns.;  office,  58  W.  Washington  St. 


NEAL,  BRENT  BIGLOW,  automobile  dealer,  Decatur;  b.  Dayton 
O.,  Feb.  17,  1879;  s.  Thomas  L.  and  Juana  (Achey)  Neal;  ed.  St 
John  Coll.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Fordham  Univ.,  New  York  (grad 
1903);  came  to  Decatur  1908;  mem.  B.  P.  O.  E.;  clubs,  I.  A.  C. 
Edgewater  Golf,  Decatur  Fishing;  office,  240  E.  Wood  St.,  Decatur 


CUDMORE,  WILLIAM  W.,  captain  of  police,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago, 
Oct.  14,  1857;  3.  Augustine  and  Fannie  (Munn)  Cudmore;  ed.  pub. 
schls.;  appt.  on  police  force  1884;  sergeant  of  detectives  1892; 
lieutenant  of  detectives  1893;  captain  1909;  office,  1940  Foster  Ave. 


GOSS,  CHARLES  OLIVER,  real  estate,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago, 
Dec.  28,  1851;  s.  Oliver  S.  and  Sara  E.  (Hoag)  Goss:  ed.  Chicago 
pub.  schls.;  in  grocery  business,  1870-3;  with  old  Fidelity  Savings 
Bank,  1873-7;  since  1877  mem.  of  firm  of  E.  A.  Cummings  &  Co., 
real  estate;  formerly  alderman  of  Winnetka;  clubs,  C.  A.  A., 
South  Shore,  Homewood  Country  (dir.) ;  office,  40  X.  Dearborn  St. 


DA  VIES.  EDGAR  T.,  chief  factory  insp.  of  111.,  Cnicago;  b.  New 
York  City,  Sept.  12,  1873:  s.  Rev.  Philip  Louis  and  Sarah  (Thomas) 
Davies:  ed.  pub.  schls.,  Philadelphia.  Temple  Coll.;  first  position, 
Charles  M.  Davies,  printing  and  publishing,  Phia.;  then  William 
Ayers,  advertising  agency,  Phila.;  Marshall  Field  &  Co.,  Chi.,  8 
yrs.;  asst.  chief  factory  insp.  of  111.  1901-2;  from  1902  to  date  chief 
of  dept.;  pres.  Internal.  Assn.  of  Factory  Insps.,  dir.  Juvenile 
Protective  Assn.;  fellow  Am.  Acad.  of  Political  Economy  and  Social 
Science;  mem.  1st.  regt.  I.  N.  G.;  chm.  of  com.  which  drew  111.  child 
labor  law;  clubs,  Hamilton,  Social  Service;  office,  Security  Bldg. 


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OWENS,  FRANCIS  J.,  coramr.  of  track  elevation,  Chicago;  b. 
Chicago  Jan.  29,  1S77:  s.  Patrick  H.  and  Mary  (Chirk)  Owens;  ed. 
St.  Patrick's  Commercial  Acad.;  with  C.,  M.  &  St.  P.  Ry.  Co. 
1894-1911,  when  appt.  to  present  position:  at  end  of  service  with 
railway  company  was  chief  elk.  in  comptroller's  office,  and  auditor 
of  Continental  Telegraph  and  Continental  Express  Cos.,  subsid- 
iary companies;  office.  City  Hall. 


ui  i  in  .  WILLIAM,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Aug.  29,  1872. 
grad.  pub.  schls.  and  Chicago  Manual  Training  schl.,  LL.  B.,  N.  W 
Univ.  1894;  adm.  to  bar  1894  and  entered  office  of  Johnson  & 
Merrill;  has  been  one  of  attorneys  for  the  Sanitary  dist.  of  Chi- 
cago for  more  than  ten  years;  mem.  Chicago  Bar  Assn.  and  Univer- 
sity Club;  nominated  for  judge  of  municipal  court  on  repub.  ticket, 
1912;  office,  76  W.  Monroe  St. 


DEMME,  EMIL,  hotel  manager,  Chicago;  b.  Berlin,  Ger.,  Sept. 
24,  1857;  s.  Edward  and  Ernestina  (Bibbe)  Demme;  ed.  schools 
In  Germany;  came  to  Chicago,  1885;  engaged  in  express  business 
In  Berlin,  in  employ  of  the  Berliner  Spediteur-Verein  before  com- 
ing to  America;  since  then  continuously  Identified  with  restaurants 
and  hotels;  mgr.  Bismarck  Hotel  and  restaurant  since  opening, 
Apr.,  1894:  dir.  and  mgr.  of  Bismarck  Garden,  and  pres.  of  Inter- 
national Hotel  Co..  Thirty-second  degree  Mason,  Shriner;  mem. 
Orpheus  Maennerchor.  Chicago  Sharpshooters'  Assn.;  clubs, 
Germania,  I.  A.  C.;  office  175  \V.  Randolph  St. 


COFFEY,  MICHAEL  J.,  importing  tailor  of  Chicago;  b.  Dublin, 
Ireland,  Aug.  7,  1868,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Turner)  Coffey. 
He  graduated  from  the  Murlborough  high  school,  and  learned 
the  tailoring  business  1 1SS7-  (M)')  with  Thomas  Dniry  A-  ( 'o.,  Dublin. 
He  came  to  the  United  States  and  conducted  stores  for  William 
Jerrems'  Sons  In  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis  1892-95;  later  opened 
third  store  for  same  company  at  Omaha  and  made  big  success 
of  all  three  during  L 888-1901;  he  conducted  La  Salle  street  store, 
Chicago,  for  William  Jerrems*  Sons,  and  started  in  business  for 
himself  In  1901;  office,  19  S.  La  Salle  St. 


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HAFT,  CHARLES  M.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Highland,  Kas.,  Oct. 
24,  1871;  s.  James  and  Addfe  (Close)  Haft;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Hia- 
watha, Kas.,  and  Rapid  City,  S.  D.,  high  schl.;  LL.  B.  t'nlv.  of 
Mich,  1892;  adm.  to  bar,  1892;  mem.  Masterson  &  Haft,  1893- 
1905;  firm  of  Hebel  &  Haft,  since  May  1,  1905;  asst.  corporation 
counsel  since  May  1,  1907;  mem.,  Chicago  Bar  Assn.  clubs,  Hamil- 
ton, Woodlawn,  University;  office,  Schiller  Bldg. 


LUNDAHL,  CHARLES  WILLIAM,  banker,  Mollne;  b.  Rock 
Island,  111.,  June  24,  1866;  ed.  pub.  schl.  Moline;  was  connected 
wilhC.,  M.  &St.  P.  and  C.,  R.  I.  &  P.  Rys.  for  10  yrs.;  elected  cJty 
treasurer,  Moline,  1883-5;  apptd.  treasurer  Water-town  Insane 
Asylum,  1887-9;  director  and  treasurer  Northern  Life  Insurance 
Co.  of  111.;  repub.;  Mason.  Shriner;  clubs.  Moline.  Hamilton  (Chi.); 
office.  People's  Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Co.,  Moline. 


CHR1TTON,  GEORGE  ALVAH,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Fountain  Co., 
Ind.,  June  4,  1870;  s.  John  William  and  Sarah  A.  (Brown)  Chrltton; 
pd.  common  schls.  Ind.  and  Kan.,  Kan.  State  Normal  schi.;  LL.  B. 
1896,  Chi.-Kent  Coll.  of  Law;  LL.  B.  Lake  Forest  Unfv.,  1897;  with 
law  dept.  Metropolitan  Elevated  Ity.  1S94-1904;  since  1905  mem. 
firm  of  Dyrenforth,  Lee,  Chritton  &  Wiles;  secty.  and  dir.  Fair- 
Chritton  Lumber  Co.,  Chrltton.  Miss.;  dir.  Old  Colony  Commercial 
Life  Insurance  Co.;  dir.  Paris  Fashion  Co.;  dir.  Wm.  A.  Hplnks 
&  Co.;  pres.  and  dir.  Suburban  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  Oak 
Park:  repub.:  V.  Pres.  Oak  Park  Republican  club;  mem.  Oak  Park 
bd.  of  education  5  yrs.  (pres.  last  2  yrs.),  Chi.  and  III.  State  bar 
assni.,  Chi.  Patent  Law  Assn.,  Chi.  Law  Inst.;  clubs.  Oak  Park, 
Hamilton;  office,  Marquette  Bid?. 


LEACH,  THOMAS  ALBERT,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chi..  Mar.  17, 
1870;  s.  James  T.  and  Catherine  (Quinley)  Leach;  A.  M.,  St.  Via- 
teur's  Coll.  is,xf»;  post-grad.  St.  Mary's  Coll.  Kan..  1SS7;  arcouni- 
ant,  Chi.  Gas  Light  &  Coke  Company,  1888-93;  foreign  exchange 
teller,  Hibernian  Bank,  1893-4;  receiving  teller,  III.  Trust  &  Sav- 
ings Bank,  1895:  sen.  accountant  and  auditor.  Prairie  State  Nat. 
Bank,  1896;  asst.  supt.  construction  W.  Chi.  St.  R.  R.  Co.;  1897; 
gen.  mgr.  legal  dept.  same.  1898-9;  credit  mgr.  John  M.  Smyth 
Co..  1900-3;  adm.  bar  1903;  sen.  counsel  John  M.  Smyth  Co.  since 
1903;  pres.  John  M.  Smyth  Merchandise  Co.,  1911;  gen.  counsel 
John  M.  Smyth  Merchandise  Company  since  1911  mem. 
Chi.  Bar  Assn.,  III.  Bar  Assn.,  Lawyers'  Assn.;  repub.;  mem.  K.  C. 
and  C.  O.  F.;  office,  Schiller  Bldg. 


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McNELLIS,  CHARLES,  pres.  Imperial  Brass  MfgJCo..  Chicago; 
b.  Canada,  Apr.  28,  1852;  s.  John  and  Ellen  (Brady)  McNellis; 
ed,  common  schls.;  In  brass  rafg.  business  with  David  M.  Ford 
Co..  Chicago,  1870-71,  when  became  identified  with  E.  S.  Turner, 
later  the  Turner  Brass  works,  until  Jan.  1,  1906;  then  organized 
Imperial  Brass  Mfg.  Co.,  of  which  has  since  been  pres.  and  treas.; 
mem.  Am.  Brass  Founders'  Assn.;  Brass  Mfra.  Club,  of  Chicago; 
III.  Mfrs.  Assn.  and  Chicago  Assn.  of  Commerce;  mem.  K.  P., 
Royal  League;  office.  Harrison  St.  and  Center  Ave. 


CAVERLY,  JOHN  RICHARD,  associate  judge  municipal  court, 
Chicago;  b.  London,  Eng.,  Dec.  6,  1861;  s.  James  and  Mary  (Boul- 
ter) Caverly:  ed.  Annunciation  Parish  schl.;  grad.  St.  Patrick's 
Acad.;  LL.  B.,  Chicago  Coll.  of  Law  (Lake  Forest  Univ.),  1897; 
asst.  city  atty.,  Chicago,  1897-1903;  justice  peace  and  police  magis- 
trate. May  18.  1903-Dec.  1.  1906;  appt.  city  atty.,  Jan.  1,  1907; 
elected  on  dem.  ticket  to  present  position  for  six  years,  Nov.  8, 
1910;  mem.  Chicago  Dem.  Club,  Cook  Co.  Dem.  Club,  K.  C.,  Chi- 
cago Bar  Assn.,  III.  Bar  Assn.;  clubs.  Iroquols,  I.  A.  C. 


ZIMMER,  PETER,  city  insp.  weights  and  measures,  Chicago:  b. 
Chicago  Apr.  1,  1SOO;  s.  Peter  and  Catherine  (Berrfn)  Zimmer; 
ed.  dist.  schl.  Palos.  III.,  and  public  schls.,  Chicago;  1874  with  Me- 
Cormlck  Reaper  Co.;  went  through  various  dents,  to  foreman 
and  millwright  1S75-1SS6;  with  \V.  \V.  Kimball  Piano  Mfg.  Co. 
up  to  Jan.  7,  1911:  custodian  criminal  court  bldg.  Jan.  7  to  Apr. 
11,  1911;  present  position  since  April  11.  1911;  mem.  Columbian 
Knights  and  Luxemberger  Bruderbund.  section  17;  office.  City 
Hall. 


DUNLAP,  D.  C.,  consulting  engr.,  Chicago;  b.  Cook  Co.,  III..  1851; 
s.  George  and  Almeda  Dunlap;  ed.  high  schl.,  Univ.  of  111.,  1873; 
with  C.  &  N.  W.  Ry.,  C.,  M.  &.  St.  P.  Ry.  and  U.  P.  R.  R.  for  15 

years  as  locating  and  construction  engr.;  city  engr.  3  years;  asst. 
chief  engr.  Chicago  drainage  canal;  engr.  South  Side  Elevated  R. 
R.,  and  chief  engr.  and  several  short  railway  lines;  city  engr.  of 
Rockfnni,  III.,  and  oil'-  year  in  dept.  of  pub.  works.  C'hicau'o;  assi . 
chief  engr.  of  the  Sanitary  dist.  of  Chicago,  Apr.  13,  1S92.  and  asst. 
supt.  of  const r.  June,  1893;  resigned  Jan.,  1895;  pres.  Dunlap 
Engrlng.  Operating  Co.  and  Elgin  Belt  Ry.  Co.;  mem.  Amer.  Soc. 
Civil  Knt*rs.;  office,  Marquettc  Bids. 


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KEATS,  HARRY  G.,  lawyer  and  deputy  clerk  probate  court,  Chi- 
cago; b.  Lyme  Regis,  England,  Jan.  5,  1862;  s.  James  and  Char- 
lotte (Gould)  Keats;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Chi.,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  night  schl.; 
LL.  B.  1899,  Chi. -Kent  Coll.  of  Law;  repub.;  was  deputy  elk.  of 
county  court  under  Judge  O.  N.  Carter;  was  chief  and  now  deputy 
elk.  probate  ct.;  was  treas.  and  secty.  14th  and  15th  ward  repub. 
clubs;  mem.  A.  F.  4  A.  M..  R.  A.,  Phi  Alpha  Delta  law  fraternity, 
Chi.  Bar  Assn.;  club,  Hamilton;  office.  County  Bldg. 


REYNOLDS,  RICHARD  JAMES,  city  business  agent,  Chicago; 
b.  Chicago,  Jan.  13,  1865;  s.  Peter  F.  and  Margaret  Reynolds; 
ed.  pub.  schls.;  messenger  boy  Chicago  Bd.  of  Trade  for  seventeen 
years;  was  connected  with  firm  of  Logan  &  Bryan;  appt.  city  pur- 
chasing agt.  April  17,  1911;  K.  C.,  C.  B.  L.;  office.  City  Hall. 


MAGILL.  LAWRENCE  M.,  state's  atty..  Rock  Island:  b.  Moline. 
Sept.  13,  1874;  grad.  111.  Wesleyan  Univ.:  adm.  bar  1897;  repub.; 
served  in  III.  legislature  1903-5  and  special  session  1906;  elected 
state's  atty.  1908;  pres.  111.  State's  Attorneys  Assn.  1911;  mem. 
Red  Men,  Elks,  Eagles.  Moose,  K.  P.,  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  111.  Bar 
Assn.;  clubs,  Hamilton,  Moline,  Rock  Island;  office.  Rock  Island. 


O'BRIEN,  WILLIAM  JOHN,  detective  agency,  Chicago:  b.  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  May  29,  1874:  s.  Timothy  and  Maty  A.  (Donohue) 
O'Brien;  ed.  pub.  schls.  and  Marquette  l*niv..  Milwaukee:  was 
postal  elk.  Milwaukee;  later  brakeman.  secret  service  operative 
and  special  agt.  until  190S,  when  started  in  business  for  self:  has 
worked  on  numerous  important  eases:  had  charge  for  police  dept. 
of  "bomb  brigade"  under  chiff  Steward,  1910;  mem.  R.  L.;  office. 
17  N.  La  Salle  St. 


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CASE,  CHARLES  CENTER.  Jr..  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Boone  Co., 
111.,  Dec.  14,  1878;  ed.  country  schls.  Boone  Co.;  Rockford  high 
schl.,  N.  W.  Univ.  1897;  Harvard  Univ.  1899-1900;  LL.  B.,  N.  W. 
Univ.  law  schl.  1903;  adm.  to  bar  1903;  employed  by  various  law 
firms;  since  1910  practicing  alone;  dem.;  mem.  Phi  Delta  Theta 
Phi  Delta  Phi,  Chi.  and  111.  State  Bar  assns.,  and  several  fraternal 
bodies;  clubs,  Rockford  of  Chi.,  Harvard,  Iroquois;  res.,  Evanston; 
office,  106  N.JLa  Salle  St. 


CURTIS.  VERNON  S..  pres.  Curtis  Brick  Co.,  Chicago;  b.  Grant 
Park,  III.,  Oct.  6,  1878;  s.  Alonzo  and  Elizabeth  (Campbell)  Curtis: 
grad.  Univ.  schL,  Cleveland,  O.,  1899;  elected  secty.  Alonzo  Curtis 
Brick  Co.  1901.  and  pres.  1903;  dir.  West  Hammond  State  & 
Savings  Bank,  Grant  Park  Trust  &  Savings  Bank;  repub.;  Mason; 
office,  Clumber  of  Commerce  Bldg. 


SULLIVAN.  MICHAEL  F.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Loeanspurt.  Ind.. 
Feb.  27,  1869:  ed.  Chi.  Coll.  of  Law;  has  been  a  resident  of  Chi.  for 
21  years  and  has  practiced  law  15  years.;  was  asst.  corporation 
counsel  under  Mayors  Harrison  and  Dunne:  appt.  fire  atty.  1911; 
dcm.;  mem.  R.  L.,  K.  C.;  office,  Title  &  Trust  Bldg. 


HITTELL.  JOHN  B..  civi  engineer,  Chicago:  b.  Louisa  Co.,  la., 
Jan.  G.  186*>;  s.  Thomas  and  Lydla  Stettler  Hittell:  C.  E-,  Lehigh 
Univ.,  S.  Bethlehem,  Pa.;  over  24  years'  continuous  service  with 
the  city  of  Chicago  as  engineer  in  charge  of  street  construction; 
chief  engineer  1900-12;  club,  Illinois  Athletic;  mem.  Am.  Soc.  of 
Civil  Engrs.,  Am.  Soc.  of  Municipal  Improvements,  pres.  of  111. 
Soc.  of  Kngrs.  and  Surveyors;  secty-treas.,  Assn.  for  Standardiz- 
ing Paving  Specification,;  office.  City  Hall. 


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ILLIAM  A.  GARDNER,  president  of  the  Chicago  &  North- 
western Railway,  was  born  at  Gardner,  111.,  in  March,  1859. 
After  attending  the  common  schools,  he  learned  telegraphy 
and  began  his  railroad  career  as  a  telegraph  operator  on  the 
Chicago  &  Alton  railroad  at  Lemont,  111.,  in  1872. 

He  entered  the  service  of  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  road  in  1878, 
and  has  been  connected  with  it  in  one  capacity  or  another  ever  since. 
He  was  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Wisconsin  division  from  1885  to 
1890,  superintendent  of  the  same  division  from  1890  to  1896;  assistant 
general  superintendent  of  the  road  from  1896  to  1899;  general  manager 
from  1899  to  1906,  and  vice-president  from  1906  to  1910.  He  was  elected 
president  of  the  road  in  1910. 

Mr.  Gardner  also  is  president  of  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis 
&  Omaha  Railway;  vice-president  of  the  Macoupin  County  Railroad; 
vice-president  of  the  Superior  Coal  Company  and  president  of  the  Con- 
solidated Coal  Company. 

Mr.  Gardner  succeeded  Marvin  Hughitt,  who  was  elected  to  the  chair- 
manship of  the  board  of  the  Northwestern  road.  At  the  same  time  he  was 
elected  a  director,  succeeding  Hamilton  McK.  Twombly. 

"I  have  always  tried  to  be  a  first-class  subordinate,"  said  Mr.  Gardner 
once,  in  explanation  of  his  work  as  a  railroad  man.  "  We  can't  all  be  general 
managers,  but  we  can  all  try,"  he  said  on  another  occasion,  when  an  old 
associate  congratulated  him  on  his  appointment  as  general  manager. 
These  two  expressions  sum  up  the  secret  of  his  success. 

There  is,  perhaps,  no  better  illustration  in  railroad  circles  of  the  adage 
that  perseverance  brings  success  than  the  rise  of  President  Gardner.  It 
was  with  deliberation  that  he  joined  the  Northwestern  forces  in  1872.  At 
that  time  he  is  said  to  have  determined  to  stick  to  the  road  until  he  reached 
the  top.  It  is  related  of  him  that  he  refused  at  least  two  railroad  presi- 
dencies during  the  period  that  he  was  vice-president  of  the  Northwestern, 
giving  as  his  reason  that  he  preferred  to  remain  with  that  road  because  he 
knew  every  foot  of  it  and  every  man  on  it. 

In  politics  Mr.  Gardner  is  a  republican.  His  clubs  include  the  Union 
League,  Mid-Day,  Industrial,  Country  of  Evanston,  Evanston,  Glen  View 
and  Hamilton.  His  residence  is  in  Evanston  and  his  office,  at  226  W.  Jack- 
son Blvd.,  Chicago. 


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BERRY,  ORVILLE  F.,  lawyer,  Carthage;  b.  Table  Grove,  McDonough  Co.,  III.,  Feb.  16,  1852;  s.  Charles  Lee 
and  Martha  (McCoimell)  Berry;  removed  to  Hancock  Co.,  worked  on  farm  until  of  age;  moved  to  Carthage, 
111.,  1876;  read  law  and  admitted  to  the  bar,  Jan.  1879;  engaged  in  law  practice  with  Thos.  C.  Sharp  under  the 
nrm  of  Sharp  &  Berry;  a  few  years  later,  his  brother,  M.  P.  Berry,  entered  the  law  firm  under  the  name  of 
Sharp  &  Berry  Brothers;  continued  practice  of  law  ever  since;  nrm  established  loaning  practice;  gen.  atty. 
for  Insurance  dept.  of  111.  under  Gov.  Tanner's  administration;  elected  to  the  state  senate,  1889,  and  served  for 
twenty  years;  chm.  of  com.  appointed  under  Gov.  Tanner's  administration  to  investigate  Chicago  police;  chm. 
of  com.  to  investigate  the  defalcation  of  treas.  of  state  univ.  under  the  administration  of  Gov.  Altgeld;  presided 
over  repub.  state  conventions,  isyti  and  1908:  wus  appointed  receiver  by  comptroller  of  currency  for  the  Peoria 
Nat.  Bank;  was  first  mayor  of  city  of  Carthage,  serving  six  years  consecutively  and  four  years  later,  making 
a  ten-year  period  as  mayor;  served  as  trustee  of  Carthage  Coll.  for  fourteen  years;  mem.  Masonic  order.  Knights 
of  Pythias,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  Modern  Woodmen;  mem.  Hamilton  Club  of  Chicago;  pres. 
of  Dime  Savings  Bank,  Carthage;  pres.  and  mgr.  Mississippi  Valley  Telephone  Co.,  vice-pres.  and  dir.  Jeffer- 
son Printing  Co.,  Springfield,  III.;  chm.  of  railroad  and  warehouse  commission  of  III.;  repub.;  office,  Carthage. 


WILSON,  C.  E.,  originator  and  distributor  of  Wilson  pound  cake,  Chicago;  b.  England,  March  17,  1867;  s. 
John  and  Annie  (Turner)  Wilson;  came  to  U.  S-  when  19  years  old  and  located  in  Boston,  Mass.;  was  in  dry  goods 
business  until  seven  years  ago;  started  in  business  in  Chicago,  August,  1909,  with  one  wag9n;  now  furnishes 
pound  cake  to  customers  with  twenty-three  wagons  in  Chicago,  seven  In  St.  Louis,  four  in  Pittsburg,  and  four 
in  Cleveland,  delivering  more  than  ten  tons  ot  pound  cake  daily;  has  branches  in  St.  Louis,  Pittsburg  and 
Cleveland;  office,  1633-35  W.  Twelfth  St. 


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ROSENTHAL,  JAMES,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Apr.  10,  1859;  s.  Julius  and  Jette  Rosen  thai;  ed.  graded 
and  high  schls.,  Chicago;  LL.  B.  Yale  Univ.,  1880;  adm.  to  Conn,  bar  on  graduation,  1880,  and  to  III.  bar  July, 

I  SMI,  ;i^sori;iir(t  with  his  fai  IIIT'S  linn.  Hnsrii!  ha  I  .V  Pence.  I  SMI  ."»:  >inrr  I  Vil  M-ninr  innii.  of  K<>-rnt  luil.  Kmv 
A  Hirschl,  succeeded  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Hlrschl  In  Feb.,  1908,  by  present  nrm  of  Rosenthal  &  Kurz;  was 
lor  3  years  mem.  of  the  board  of  ertn.  of  Chicago;  one  of  organizers  and  1st  secty.  (1882-3)  Young  Men's  Hebrew 
Charity  Assn.;  repub.;  clubs.  City,  Hamilton,  Ravisloe;  mem.  Chicago  Bar  Assn..  111.  State  Bar  Assn.,  Chicago 
Law  III-T  •  office,  Rector  Bids. 


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EBERSON,  JOHN,  engineer  and  constructor,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Austria,  Jan.  2,  1875.  He  Is  the  son  of 
Slgfried  and  Lora  (Schmidt)  Eberson.  His  education  was  received  at  the  high  school  of  Dresden,  Saxony,  and 
the  University  or  Vienna,  from  which  graduated.  Ho  practiced  electrical  engineering  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  between 
the  years  1899  and  1901.  From  that  time  and  up  to  1909  he  followed  construction  work  throughout  the  United 
States.  Since  then  he  practiced  architectural  engineering  and  has  specialized  on  theater  construction.  He  is 
now  engaged  In  a  study  of  wastes  and  soil  fertility.  He  Is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce; 
clubs,  Hamilton  (Hamilton,  O.),  South  Shore;  office,  S9tb  and  Iron  sts. 


340 


MITCHELL,  EDWARD  EVERETT,  banker,  of  Carbondale,  and  state  treasurer  of  Illinois,  was  born  la  Wil- 
liamson Co.,  111.,  Nov.  11,  1858.  the  son  of  William  Nazareh  and  Rachel  (Roberts)  Mitchell.  He  was  edu- 
cated In  the  public  schools  of  Williamson  county.  He  is  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  at  Carbondale; 
vice-president  of  the  Carbondale  Trust  and  suvines  liuuk  and  treasurer  nf  the  Carbondale  Mill  and  Elevator 
Co.  His  political  career  Includes  activity  In  the  republican  state  central  committee  for  several  years.  He  waa 
a  delegate  to  the  republican  national  convention  of  1888  and  was  elected  state  treasurer  In  1910.  He  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Illinois  national  guard  for  seven  years.  He  Is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Automobile, 
Sangamo  and  Illinois  Country  clubs;  is  a  Mason,  Odd  Fellow  and  Elk;  address.  Carbondale,  III. 


341 


DONNELLEY,  THOMAS  ELLIOT,   printer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Chicago,  Aug.   18,  1867. 

He.  attended  Yale  University  and  graduated  from 


He  is  the  son  of 

Richard  Robert  and  Naomi  Anna  (.Shenstone)  Donnelley.  He  attended  Yale  University  and  graduated  from 
that  institution  with  the  degree  of  B.  A.  in  1889.  Immediately  he  entered  the  printing  business  which  had  been 
established  by  his  father  in  ISfil.  He  served  as  a  workman  in  all  departments  of  the  business  and  upon  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  1899,  was  equipped  to  assume  charge.  Since  1H9!^  he  has  been  president  and  treasurer  of 
R.  R.  Donnelley  &  Sons  Company.  He  also  is  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Lakeside  Press  Building  Company 
and  a  director  of  the  Chicago  Directory  Company.  He  belongs  to  the  Commercial,  Chicago,  Union  League, 
University,  Quadrangle,  Caxton,  Onwentsia  and  Cliff  Dwellers  clubs.  Residence,  Lake  Forest;  office,  731  Ply- 
mouth Ct. 


342 


CUDAHY,  EDWARD. \LOYSIUS,  packer,  Chicago;  b.  Milwaukee,  Wls.,  Feb.  1.  I860;  s.  of  Patrick  ami  Kltzabeth 
(Shaw)  Cudahy;  grad.  Milwaukee  grammar  schls.  1873:  moved  to  Chicago,  1876;  engaged  with  Armour  &  Co. 
in  the  beef  and  pork  parking  business;  moved  to  Omaha,  Neb.,  1KS7,  to  serve  as  vice-president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Armour-Cudahy  Packing  Co.;  1891  to  1911,  served  as  vice-president  and  general  manager  and 
president  ;md  treasurer  of  the  Cudiiliy  Packing  Company;  moved  to  Chicago,  1911,  whore  he  resides;  he  i.s  jit 
present  serving  the  Cudahy  Packing  Company  as  president  and  treasurer;  clubs.  Union  League.  Glen  View; 
office.  111  \V.  Monroe  St. 


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TAYLOR,  EDMUND  H.  JR.,  son  of  John  Eastin  and  Rebecca  (Edrington)  Taylor  and  grandson  of  Richard.  Jr., 
and  Mary  Taylor,  was  born  at  Columbus,  Ky.,  In  1832.  Before  the  civil  war  he  engaged  in  banking.  In  1868, 
with  little  more  than  his  business  qualifications  to  bank  on,  he  began  the  manufacture  of  whiskey,  at  Frankfort, 
Ky.,  and  in  this  struck  the  floodtide  of  his  career.  His  ready  intuition  soon  mastered  all  details  of  the  science  of 
distilling  and  its  products,  and  placed  him  in  advance  of  the  day  in  perfecting  his  novel  and  improved  methods 
which  have  acquired  fame  for  superior  purity  and  excellence  wherever  fine  Bourbon  whiskies  have  become 
famed  over  the  world.  Since  1868,  barring  some  incidents  of  reverses  and  financial  troubles,  this  enterprise 
has  steadily  grown  in  prestige  and  prosperity.  From  1871  to  1891  he  was  repeatedly  elected  mayor  of  the  city 
of  Frankfort,  serving  in  all  sixteen  years,  and  until  his  removal  to  his  new  and  beautiful  residence  one  mile  beyond 
the  city  linih  -.  On  his  resignation  as  mayor,  he  was  elected  with  unanimity  by  the  people  of  the  county  to  serve 
them  In  the  legislature  of  1391-2. 


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CHILDS,  FRANK  HALL,  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Flndlay,  O.,  Feb.  16,  1859,  the  son  of  Nathaniel  Emmes 
and  Emily  (Hall)  Chllds.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  a  teacher  In  the  public  schools,  and  later  the  probate  judge 
of  Hancock  County.  Mr.  Chllds  began  his  education  In  the  public  schools  of  Findlay  and  in  the  public  schools 
and  Normal  School  of  Republic,  O.  After  graduating  he  studied  in  the  Columbian  Law  University  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  the  Union  College  of  Law,  and  the  Kent  College  of  Law  of  Chicago.  He  was  employed  in  the  govern- 
ment printing  office  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  In  the  years  1878-9,  the  railway  mall  service  between  1SS1  and  1889. 
He  was  postofflce  Inspector,  1890-1,  and  chief  clerk.  Inspector  In  charge  at  New  Orleans,  1S92.  He  came  to 
Chicago  in  1893  and  has  practiced  since.  He  Is  the  author  of  various  legal  works,  and  has  his  office  In  the 
Peoples  Gas  Building. 


345 


GULBRANSEN,  AXEL  G.,  president,  Gulbransen-Dickinson  Company,  Chicago;  b.  Christiania,  Xorway.  Dec. 
20,  1860;  s.  Hans  and  Gurene  (Petersen)  Guibransen;  began  to  learn  organ  and  cabinet  trade  with  father  at 
Mendota,  111.,  at  the  age  of  ten;  at  age  of  seventeen  moved  to  Wooster,  Mass.,  where  worked  for  organ  firm  for 
three  years;  moved  to  Chicago  and  worked  for  piano  company  twenty-one  years;  conceived  idea  of  making  piano 
player  that  would  fit  any  piano  and  after  experiment  for  a  year  organized  company  for  manufacture  of  Gui- 
bransen piano  player;  mason:  mem.  Hamilton  club;  office,  312  to  316  Union  Park  court. 


346 


DICKINSON,  DAVID  KNOX,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Gulbransen-Dirkinson  Company,  manufacturers  of 
piano  playing  mechanisms,  Chicago;  b.  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  Aug.  29,  1870;  s.  John  Meyers  and  Deborah  (Haines) 
Dickinson;  ed.  Swarthmore  College  and  Cornell  l.'niv.;  formed  partnership  with  A.  G.  Gulbranseu,  now  president 
of  Gulbransen-Dickinson,  in  1905;  company  began  in  small  way  and  has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  largest  in  the 
world:  Mason;  Royal  Arcanum;  clubs,  Cornell  University,  Swarthmore,  Hamilton,  Ouilrnett  Country;  office,  312 
to  316  Union  Park  Court. 


347 


STILL  WELL,  HOMER  ALLISON,  merchant,  Chicago;  b.  Xlnev 


eh.  Pa..  Oct.  31.  1860;  a.  Madison  Homer  and 


an  vice-pres.  in  1907;  dir.  Nat.  City  Bank;  mem.  Chi.  Assn.  of  Commerce  (pr.es.,  1910);  clubs.  Union  League 
(dir.,  1909-11),  Mid-Day,  Press,  Hamilton,  C.  A.  A.,  Traffic,  Midlothian,  Onwentsia,  South  Shore,  Illini;  mem. 
Pennsylvania  Soc.;  office,  Butler  Bros.,  Randolph  St.  Bridge. 


348 


DICKINSON.  CHARLES,  seed  merchant,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  May  28,  1858;  s.  Albert  A.  and  Ann  Eliza 
(Anthony)  Dickinson;  eel.  high  schl..  Chicago  Mod.  Coll.,  Harvey  Med.  Coll.;  1872  went  with  brother,  Albert. 
who  took  father's  business;  Incorporated,  1888,  as  Albert  Dickinson  Co.,  wholesale  grass  and  field  seeds,  of 
which  has  been  vlce-pres.  since:  has  been  dlr.  since  1889,  vlce-pres.  since  1895.  Chicago  Dock  Co.;  also  pres. 
Merchants'  Terminal  Ry.  Co.;  vice-pres.  Twin  City  Trading  Co.,  Minneapolis,  and  gen.  mgr..  Hoboken,  N.  J.. 
Mfrs.  Ry.,  since  1910;  had  two  tirst  phonographs  in  Chicago  and  one  of  the  first  automobiles,  in  1896;  vice-pres. 
dir.  and  trustee,  Iroquois  Memorial  hosp.;  trustee,  Chi.  Acad.  of  Science;  mem.  Chi.  Board  of  Trade,  Chic. 
Stock  Exchange,  X.  V.  Produce  Exchange,  Minneapolis  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Duluth  Board  of  Trade,  St. 
Louis  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  of  many  clubs  and  societies;  office,  W.  Taylor  St.  and  Chicago  River. 


349 


TRINER,  JOSEPH,  manufacturing  chemist.  Chicago:  b.  Kacorov.  Bohemia.  March  19.  1861:  s.  Matthew  and 
Anna  (Slroka)  Triner:  public  and  industrial  school.  Slane  (Bohemia);  came  to  Chicago  in  1S79;  established  pres- 
ent nrm  1890;  mem.  Chicago  Assn.  of  Commerce,  I.  A.  C.,  Knight  Templars,  32d  degree  Mason;  treas.  Boh.  Am. 
Nat.  Council.  Boh.  Am.  Press  Assn.:  clubs;  Dobrovsky,  Sokol.  Ceska  Beseda.  C.  S.  P.  S.  Jed.  Taborltu,  etc.; 
office,  1333-1339  S.  Ashland  Ave. 


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MCCARTHY.  JOHN,  boxboarcl  manufacturer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  Mar.  20,  1857,  the 
son  of  Patrick  and  Mary  McCarthy.  He  was  educated  at  St.  Joseph's  Academy,  Fort  Wayne.  He  was  (or 
two  years  a  school  principal  at  Huntington,  Ind.,  and  from  1877  to  1S92  held  various  official  positions  with 
different  railroads.  He  was  superintendent  of  streets  in  Chicago  under  the  elder  Mayor  Harrison,  and  from 
1893  to  1895  was  commissioner  of  public  works  under  Mayor  Hopkins.  At  the  end  of  his  term  he  went  into  the 
boxboard  business,  where  lie  has  since  remained,  also  branching  out  into  the  copper  mining  business,  having  been 
president  and  director  of  the  Indiarm-Soiiora  Mining  Co.  for  nine  years.  For  some  time  he  was  also  part  owner 
of  the  Indianapolis  Sentinel.  Mr.  McCarthy  is  a  democrat,  is  the  chairman  of  the  democratic  managing  com- 
mittee of  Cook  county,  and  has  at  various  times  been  a  member  of  the  state  central  committee.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Knights  or  Columbus:  clubs,  Iroquois,  South  Shore;  address,  Metropole  Hotel. 


351 


TJNCAN  McDOUGALL,  lawyer,  of  Ottawa,  111.,  was  born 
in  Lake  County,  111.,  Nov.  24,  1848,  the  son  of  John  M.  and 
Agnes  (McVean)  Me  Dougall.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools. 

Mr.  McDougall  has  been  for  eighteen  years  president  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Ottawa  township  high  school.  He  held  the 
office  of  master  in  chancery  of  the  circuit  court  of  La  Salle  county  for  one 
term  and  has  been  commissioner  of  the  United  States  circuit  and  district 
courts  for  the  northern  district  of  Illinois  for  twenty  years. 

He  is  a  member  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Shabona 
chapter,  No.  37,  R.  A.  M.,  Ottawa  Commandery,  K.  T.,  Medinah  Temple. 
Mr.  McDougall  is  the  senior  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Me  Dougall, 
Chapman  &  Bayne,  who  are  attorneys  for  nine  banks  in  La  Salle  county 
and  numerous  large  corporations,  including  four  of  the  most  prominent 
employers'  liability  insurance  companies  in  the  United  States.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Emily  A.  King  of  Ottawa,  111.,  in  October,  1910. 


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• 


MARTIN.  PATRICK  H.,  secretary  of  the  Washington  Construction  Company,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago, 
18fi4:  s.  Patrick  and  Catherine  (McDonald)  Martin;  educated  in  the  Chicago  public  schools;  had  general 
charge  of  department  of  sewers  for  city  of  Chicago;  democrat :  candidate  1907,  for  member  ot  the  county 
board  of  commissioners;  mem.  Chicago  Automobile  and  Illinois  Athletic  clubs;  mem.  Bricklayers'  Union 
No.  21  of  Illinois;  office.  IIS  X.  La  Snlle  St. 


353 


WIELAND,  CHARLES  G.,  general  manager  Wieland  Dairy  Company,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Xeuhutten,  Wurt em- 
berg,  Germany,  Xov.  1, 1878.  He  is  the  son  of  Jacob  Wieland.  He  attended  school  in  Germany  between  the  years 
1884  and  1890.  Coming  to  Chicago  in  1890  he  was  for  two  years  a  pupil  of  the  public  schools.  He  was  employed 
as  a  butcher  boy  apprentice  from  1892  to  1898.  In  that  year  he  entered  the  milk  business  with  his  father  and 
six  brothers,  at  the  same  time  taking  a  two  years'  course  ai  the  Metropolitan  Business  Col'et-r.  Between  the 
years  1S9S  and  1911  he  was  general  manager  of  the  Wieland  Dairy  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  Royal  Arcanum; 
office,  3638-44  Evanston  Ave. 


354 


STACK,  EDMUND  J.,  lawyer  and  congressman  from  the  Sixth  111.  dist.,  Chicago,  was  born  In  Chicago  in  1874, 
educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools,  and  graduated  trom  Lake  Forest  University.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1905.  For  some  years  he  was  associated  in  practice  with  ex-Justice  Simeon  I'.  Shope,  formerly  of  the 
Illinois  supreme  court.  Mr.  Stack  was  assistant  corporation  counsel  with  Charles  M.  Walker,  and  assistant 
city  attorney  with  John  E.  Owens.  He  waa  elected  to  congress  in  1910. 


355 


REED,  CLARK  SCAMMON,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  on  Ladies  Island, 
near  Beaufort,  S.  C.,  Feb.  14,  1878;  s.  Joseph  Sampson  and  Florence 
Ann  Dearborn  (Scammon)  Reed:  ed.  pub.  schools  of  Columbia, 
S.  C.;  S.  C.  Coll.,  1894-5;  Univ.  of  Chicago,  1897-1900;  North- 
western Univ.  Law  Schl.,  1900-2;  began  study  of  law,  1900,  In 
office  of  Holt,  Wheeler  &  Sidley;  adm.  to  111.  bar,  1902;  began  in- 
dependent practice.  May,  1903:  in  practice  with  Lynden  Evans 
since  1909:  mem.  of  flrm  of  Evans,  Reed  &  Sullivan;  asst.  atty. 
sanitary  dist.  of  Chicago;  repub.;  mem.  Chi  Psi  fraternity;  Chi. 
Bar  assn.,  Chi.  Law  Inst.,  Chi.  Art  Inst.;  clubs,  University,  City, 
Edgewater  Golf,  Evanston  Golf,  Westmorland;  office,  105  West 
Monroe  St. 


MALONEY,  JOHN  EDWARD,  undertaker,  Chicago;  b.  Chi.  Aug. 
15,  1876;  s.  Simon  and  Mary  Maloney;  ed.  Annunciation  schl.,  St. 
Patrick's  Commercial  Acad.;  was  elk.  for  6  yrs.;  auditor  of  receipts 
Pullman  Palace  Car  Co.;  engaged  In  undertaking  business  1897 
and  has  followed  it  since;  now  proprietor  of  three  establishments; 
Dem.  candidate  for  county  commissioner,  1912:  mem.  K.  C.,  R.  A., 
N.  A.  U.,  C.  O.  F.;  clubs.  Amphion  Singing,  Annunciation  Young 
Men's,  Irish  Fellowship:  address,  1657  X.  Paulina  St.,  2313  Cali- 
fornia Ave.,  and  3019  Belmont  Ave. 


SIMA,  FRANK,  member  board  of  local  improvements,  Chicago: 
b.  Bohemia,  Jan.  25,  1867;  s.  Frank  and  Anna  (Mulac)  Sima;  ed. 
Chi.  pub.  and  night  schls.;  began  work  as  elk.  in  Union  Stock 
Yards;  has  been  in  city  work  for  17  years;  was  ward  supt.;  city  in- 
spector 1898-1911;  appt.  mem.  bd.  of  local  improvements.  May. 
1911;  mem.  Bohemian  Turners,  R.  L.,  C.  S.  &  P.  S.;  office.  City 
Hall. 


JACOBSEN.  C.  HENRY,  professor  of  dancing,  Chicago:  b.  Ham- 
burg, Germany.  Apr.  21,  1864;  s.  Henry  Christian  and  Martha 
(Tolk)  Jacobsen;  ed.  Imperial  Conservatory,  Vienna,  Royal 

Gymnasium.  Odessa.  Russia,  St.  Catherine  schl.,  Hamburg;  club, 
Germania;  business  address,  Auditorium  Bldg. 


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HART,  LOUIS  E.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Cleveland,  O.,  Jan.  29,  1871; 
8.  Clinton  and  Olivia  X.  (Ailing)  Hart;  ed.  Grand  River  Inst., 
Austinburg,  O.,  A.  B.,  1893,  Oberlin  Coll.;  has  practiced  law  In  Chi. 
since  1895;  firm  name  is  Montgomery,  Hart  &  Smith;  repub.;  mem. 
Chi.  and  111.  Bar  assns.;  clubs.  Union  League,  Univ.,  Edgewater 
Golf,  Wheaton  Golf,  111.,  Law;  office,  Harris  Trust  Bldg. 


LATHAM,  HARRY  HUBBARD,  machinery  manufacturer,  Chicago; 
b.  Sandwich,  111.,  Sept.  19,  1859:  s.  Hubbard  and  Lucy  Ann  (Barnes) 
Latham;  ed.  N.  W.  Univ.;  was  civil  and  mining  engr.,  mostly  build- 
ing and  locating  railroads,  for  7  yrs.  after  leaving  schl.;  pince  1884, 
mfr.  machinery  of  own  invention;  pres.  Latham  Machinery  Co.; 
2  yrs.  pres.  Chi.  Metal  Trades  Assn.;  clubs,  C.  A.  A.  (dir.).  South 
Shore,  Iroquois;  office,  310  S.  Canat  St. 


LENNARDS.  FRANK  H.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Harvard,  McHenry 
Co.,  111.,  Feb.  24,  1809;  a.  Nicholas  and  Frnnciska  (Spungamachcr) 
Lenuards;  ed.  pub.  schls.  native  city;  LL.  B.  law  dept..  Lake 
Forest  Univ.,  1894;  adm.  to  111.  bar  same  year;  completed  post- 
graduate ruiirsc  in  same  iiiM.  ami  bewail  pncl  ice  is'.C.;  pres.  I.:iw- 
yers'  Assn.  of  111.  (1911-12);  nominated  by  Independence  party 
for  judge  of  municipal  court;  appointed  delegate  to  6th  annual 
convention  Lakes-to-Gulf  Deep  Waterway  Assn.,  191 1 ;  pres. 
Lawyers' aasn.  of  II!.;  mem.  Royal  Arcanum;  offlce,167  X.  Clark  St. 


BROWNING,  GRANVILLE  WILLIAMS,  lawyer.  Chicago;  b. 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  March  14,  ISfifi;  s.  George  F.  and  Elizabeth 
(McClung)  Browning;  B.  S.  Univ.  of  Mich.  1877;  adm.  to  bar 

.June,  isso:  pan  tier « if  Samuel  M.  Moore,  until  l.s.sti;  mem.  of  Wool- 
folk  A-  Browning,  1S!M)  .">;  Hrowninu  A-  Shepard,  1  sits-  1  :»()">;  nuistcr- 
in-chanoery  .superior  court,  1897-1906;  circuit  court  since  1906; 
atty.  of  West  Town  of  Chicago,  1886-7;  dem.  candidate  for  judge 
circuit  court,  l.X!t:i-ls<)7;  special  counsel  cily  of  Cliicauo,  ls',17 
1906;  mem.  Chicago  Bar  Assn.;  clubs,  Chicago  University,  Onwent- 
sia.  Saddle  ami  Cycle,  Law;  office,  Hartford  Bldg. 


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McGRATH,  RICHARD  J..  chief  bailift  (sheriff's  office  criminal  court 
branch),  Chicago;  nominated  at  primalres  April  9,  1912,  for  demo- 
cratic candidate  for  clerk  of  the  superior  court  of  Cook  county; 
office.  Criminal  Court  Bldg. 


AHERN,  THOMAS  J.,  undertaker  and  alderman,  Chicago;  b.  Coun- 
ty Kerry,  Ireland,  May  5,  1879;  s.  John  J.  and  Margaret  (Reidy) 
A  hern;  ed.  common  schls.  Ireland;  came  to  Chi.  1893;  elk.  at  Great 
Northern  Hotel  2  yrs.,  street  car  conductor  7  yrs.;  mem.  exec.  bd. 
street  car  men's  union  3  yrs.;  elected  alderman  1911;  mem.  K.  C., 
Columbian  Knights,  M.  W.  A.,  Knights  and  Ladles  of  Security, 
Gaelic  Athletic  Assn.;  business  address,  214  S.  Kedzie  Ave. 


HAZEN,  IRVIN  R.,  lawyer  and  alderman,  Chicago;  b.  Beaver  Co., 
Pa.,  July  29,  1869;  s.  Shadrach  B.  and  Mary  J.  (Booth)  Hazen; 
ed.  Mt.  Hope  Acad.,  Rodgers,  O.,  Ohio  Northern  Univ.,  Ada,  O. 
(B.  S.  and  LL.  B.);  lawyer,  Chi.,  since  1897;  elected  alderman 
35th  ward,  on  repub.  ticket  1911;  mem.  Chi.  Bar  Assn.,  Siloam 
Commandery,  K.  T.,  Medinah  Temple  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Cicero 
Chapter  R.  A.  M.,  Austin  Lodge  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Assn. 
of  Commerce;  club,  Oaks;  office.  Title  &  Trust  Bldg. 


SNITE.  FRANCIS  JOSEPH,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chi.  Aug.  16, 
1877;  s.  Albert  and  Josephine  ((ioss)  Snite;  ed.  Univ.  of  Chi.  1894- 
5;  A.  B.  Harvard  Univ.  1899;  LL.  B.  Harvard  Law  schl.  1901;  adm. 
to  bar  1901;  repub.;  asst.  corporation  counsel  and  trial  any.  in  law 
dept.  city  of  Chi.  1907-11:  mem.  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon,  Chi.  Bar 
Assn.,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  K.  P.,  Western  Economic  Soc.,  Nat.  Geograph- 
ic Soc.,  Am.  Political  Science  Assn.,  Acad.  of  Political  Science; 
clubs,  Hamilton.  Chi.  Yacht,  Friday  Night,  Harvard;  office. 
Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Bldg. 


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BERGER,  HENRY  A.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago,  Apr.  23,  1886; 
a.  David  and  Sally  (Annis)  Berger;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Chi.,  Lewis  Inst., 
Univ.  of  Chi.;  LL.  B.,  Chl.-Kent  Coll.  of  Law,  1907;  with  firm  of 
H.  S.  &  F.  S.  Osborne  1901;  with  William  S.  Forrest  1903-8;  adm. 
bar  1907;  since  Apr.,  1911,  asst.  corporation  counsel:  mem.  flrm  of 
Berger  A  Bachrach;  club,  Hampden;  offices,  Ashland  Blk.  and 
City  Hall. 


BURKE,  JAMES  W.,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  County  Mayo,  Ireland, 
Dec.,  1880;  s.  William  Burke;  ed.  nat.  schls.  Ireland;  I>c  Paul  Univ., 
Chi.  (LL.  B.  1910);  111.  Coll.  of  Law;  clerk  I.  C.  R.  R.  1902-06; 
Chicago  special  assi'ssments,  1  !»()(>:  adm.  bur  1911;  mem.  Cook  Co. 
Democracy;  dlr.  United  Irish  Soc.;  clubs.  Young  Men's  Progress- 
ive Democratic,  Lawyers'  Democratic;  office,  Ashland  Blk. 


NOWAK,  ALBERT,  treas.  15th  Ward  Building  &  Loan  Assn.,  Chi- 
cago; b.  German  Poland.  Apr.  22,  1860;  s.  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Jany)  Nowak;  ed.  parochial  schl.;  was  in  grocery  and  meat  market 
business  4  yrs.;  proprietor  buffet  and  hall  for  the  past  19  yrs.;  treas. 
15th  Ward  Bldg.  &  Loan  Assn.  for  past  16  yrs.;  candidate  for  county 
commr.,  1912;  mem.  many  church,  frat.,  soc.  and  business  organi- 
zations; address,  2128  N.  Leavitt  St. 


JENCZEWSKY,  ADOLPH  W.,  1st  vice  pres.  board  of  examining 
engrs.,  Chicago;  b.  Chi.,  Apr.  6,  1869;  s.  Alexander  J.  and  Amalia 
J.  (Stiebler)  Jenczewsky;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Chi.;  locomotive  flremau 
3  yrs.;  locomotive  engr.  2  yrs.;  machinist  2  yrs.;  mem.  Chi.  flredept. 

S  yrs.;  ran  hoisting  cnnine  till  t'.H  1,  when  appt.  to  present  position; 
democrat;  vice  pres.  Hoisting  Engrs.  Union;  office.  City  Hall. 


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PETIT,  ADELOR  J-,  judge  of  circuit  court,  Chicago;  b.  Chicago, 
July  12,  1868;  s.  Adelor  D.  and  Mary  E.  (Nate)  Petit;  attended 
grammar  and  high  schools  and  business  college  In  Chicago;  LL.B., 
Lake  Forest  University,  1893;  private  secty.  to  mayor  of  Spring 
Valley,  III.,  1888;  mgr.  real  estate  and  loan  business  J.  H.  Norton 
A  Co.,  1888-92;  in  practice  of  law  since  1893;  master  in  chancery, 
circuit  court  of  Cook  county,  1902  to  time  of  election  to  municipal 
court  bench,  1907;  elected  judge  of  circuit  court  for  term  expiring 
1915;  repub.;  office.  County  Bldg. 


VOGLER.  FRANK  A.,  chief  clerk  board  of  review.  Chicago;  b.  Chi- 
cago, Aug.  23,  1873;  a.  Herman  and  Ellen  (Weckler)  Vogler;  ed.  Chi- 
cago grammar  and  high  schls.  and  business  coll.;  five  years  assist- 
ant clerk  bd.  of  review;  chief  clerk  since  1897;  republican  nomi- 
nee for  sheriff  1910;  mem.  Marquette  and  (icrmania  Maennerchor 
clubs,  Royal  Arcanum  and  Knights  of  Columbus;  office.  County 
Bldg. 


HOFHEIMER,  ZACH,  asst.  state's  atty.,  Chicago;  b.  Williams- 
burg,  Va.,  Apr.  22,  1852;  s.  Isaac  and  Rachel  Ilofheimer;  A.  B., 
1871,  William  and  Mary  Coll.  (Va.);  removed  to  Chicago,  Jan.  17, 
1887;  admitted  to  111.  bar  Jan.  17,  1874;  was  mem.  law  firm  Hof- 
helmer,  Zeisler  &  Mack;  asst.  state's  atty.  since  1909;  mem.  Chi- 
cago Bar  Assn.  and  Law  Club;  has  charge  of  writings  of  supreme 
and  appellate  courts;  office.  Criminal  Court  Bldg. 


MEYER,  JOSEPH,  dealer  in  cigars  and  confectionery.  Chicago:  was 
born  in  the  Grand  Duche  de  Luxembourg  in  1806  and  came  to 
America  in  18SO.  He  settled  in  Chicaeo  In  1891  and  has  followed 
his  present  business  since  that  time.  He  was  Cook  County  agent 
during  1911-12;  office,  960  Diversey  Parkway. 


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WEBER,  WILLIAM  HENRY,  member  board  of  assessors,  Chicago; 
b.  Orland  Township,  Cook  Co.,  111.,  Aug.  7,  1856;  s.  Justus  and 
Mary  (Shields)  Weber;  grad.,  1875,  Cook  Co.  Normal  schl.;  taught 
school  In  different  parts  of  Cook  County;  tax  clerk  In  office  of 
county  treas.,  1875-80;  secty.  to  collector  of  internal  revenue,  1880- 
3;  chief  clerk  and  record  writer  to  criminal  court  clerk,  1883; 
1887-90,  chief  clerk  in  sheriff's  office;  repub.;  elected  Nov.,  1898, 
mem.  Cook  Co.  board  of  assessors;  Is  now  secty.  of  board;  also 
mem.  board  of  education  Blue  Island  since  1885:  mem.  A.  F.  &  A. 
M.,  R.  A.,  United  Workmen.  B.  P.  O.  E.;  club,  I.  A.  C.;  res..  Blue 
Island;  office.  County  Bldg. 


NELSON,  NILS  ANTON,  secty.  Svea  Bldg.  and  Loan  Assn., 
Chicago;  b.  Halland,  Sweden,  Jan.  15,  1860;  s.  Borge  and  Johanna 
(Anderson)  Nelson;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Sweden,  evening  schl.  Batavla, 
111.,  Metropolitan  Business  Coll.,  Chi.;  worked  for  large  bd.  of  trade 
firm  1886-96;  became  pres.  and  dlr.  Svea  Bldg.  and  Loan  Assn.  at 
Its  organization,  1893;  elected  secty.  and  continued  dir.  1895;  also 
pres.  Scandia  Life  Insurance  Co.;  secty.  and  dir.  Chi.  Cemetery 
Assn.;  dir.  Insurance  Co.  of  111.,  Rockford;  trustee  Augustana 
Coll.  and  Theol.  Sem.,  Rock  Island;  dir.  and  vice-pres.  Englewood 
hospital;  repub.:  office.  Stock  Exchange  Bldg. 


MAYER,  OSCAR  F.,  meat  packer,  Chicago:  b.  Wurtemberg,  Ger- 
many, Mar.  29,  1859;  came  to  U.  S.  at  age  of  13,  locating  in  Chi- 
cago: learned  meat  business;  head  of  Oscar  F.  Mayer  &  Bro.;  dir. 
Western  Packing  Co.;  clubs,  Iroquois,  I.  A.  C.,  Germania,  Press: 
mem.  Chicago  Turngemottide;  miter,  Krcihoven  PI.  and  Sedg- 
wick  St. 


TAYLOR,  CLARENCE  W.,  lawyer,  Chicago:  b.  Hardin  Co.,  O., 
Sept.  25,  1853;  s.  William  J.  and  Catherine  (Garber)  Taylor;  ed. 
pub.  schls.  in  Ohio  and  at  Valparaiso  Univ.;  adm.  to  111.  bar  1879; 
city  atty.,  Minonk,  Woodford  Co.,  111.,  same  year;  practiced  in 
Sioux  City.  la.,  for  many  years;  lived  in  Chjc:mu  since  l'J04; 
mem.  First  Cong,  church,  Oak  Park,  111.;  office,  35  S.  Dearborn  St. 


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WOOLNER,  SAMUEL,  distiller,  of  Peoria,  was  born  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  July  4,  1866,  the  son  of  Adolpb  and 
Antonia  (Black)  Woolner.  Mr.  Woolner  moved  to  Peoria.  III.,  when  a  boy  and  attended  the  Hcorla  high  school, 
later  attending  Cornell  University.  He  is  president  of  the  Woolner  Distillery  company,  of  Peoria.  Mr. 
Woolner  is  vice-president  of  the  National  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealers'  association.  He  has  taken  an  active 
part  In  politics  and  has  been  chairman  of  the  Peoria  county  democratic  central  committee  and  a  delegate  to 
the  democratic  national  convention.  He  Is  a  member  of  Creve  Cour  and  Country  clubs  of  Peoria  and  of  the 
Illinois  Athletic  club  of  Chicago.  Address,  Woolner  Distillery  Co.,  Peoria,  III. 


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HARRIS,  JOSEPH,  pres.  Automatic  Kleetrie  Co.,  Chicago;  1).  Chicago,  June  I1,).  IS.Vt;  s.  Soloman  and  Hannah 
(Summerfleld)  Harris;  ed.  Dearborn  and  Jones  grammar  schls.  and  West  Division  high  school.  Chicago;  one 
of  pioneers  In  developing  the  independent  telephone  service  and  was  the  first  to  promote  the  automatic  tele- 
phone as  a  commercial  utility;  was  instrumental  in  organizing  the  Automatic  Electric  Co.,  in  1901,  of  which  has 
since  been  consecutively  vice-pres.  and  pres.;  has  changed  the  telephone  system  of  Cuba  from  the  manual  to  the 
automatic  system;  also  that  of  Honolulu,  H.  T.,  and  many  centers  in  the  U.  S.;  now  engaged  in  installing  the 
automatic  telephone  system  tn  Chicago;  mem.  Chicago  Hist.  Soc.  and  Art  Just,  of  Chicaco;  clubs,  Mid-Day, 
Chicago  Automobile,  I.  A.  C.,  South  Shore,  also  Republican  and  New  York  Athletic  dubs  of  New  York;  office1, 
1001  W.  Van  Buren  St. 


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USTIN  B.  CARPENTER,  president  of  the  Booth  Fisheries 
Company  of  Chicago  and  the  North  Western  Fisheries 
Company  of  Seattle,  Wash.,  was  born  at  Windsor,  Ohio,  Nov. 
3, 1865,  the  son  of  Orwell  S.  and  Mary  (Bvyington)  Carpenter. 
He  attended  school  in  Ashtabula  county,  Ohio,  prin- 
cipally Grand  River  college. 

Mr.  Carpenter  began  his  business  career  in  the  general  freight  office 
of  the  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  Railway,  at  Cleveland,  and  later 
was  employed  with  the  Geneva  (O.)  Machine  company. 

He  moved  to  Chicago  and  entered  the  service  of  Armour  &  Co.,  starting 
in  the  auditing  department  and  continuing  for  twenty-one  years  up  to  June 
1,  1911,  when  he  was  in  the  executive  department  of  the  company.  He  has 
been  president  of  the  Booth  Fisheries  Company  and  the  North  Western 
Fisheries  Company  since  June  1,  1911. 

Mr.  Carpenter  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs :  Chicago  Golf, 
Glen  view  Country,  Calumet  Country,  Kenwood,  Mid-Day  and  C.  A.  .A 
His  office  is  at  22  W.  Monroe  St. 

The  Booth  Fisheries  Company  maintains  fleets  of  fishing  vessels  in  all 
the  principal  waters  in  and  adjacent  to  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
In  season  it  ships  millions  of  oysters  daily  to  inland  points. 

The  Atlantic  and  Pacific  coasts,  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  the  Great  Lakes, 
and  other  fishing  waters,  are  plied  by  the  vessels  of  the  Company.  Special 
refrigerator  cars  bring  the  fish  of  the  Florida  Keys  to  the  table  of  the 
Chicago  diner  within  forty-eight  hours  from  the  catch.  On  the  Pacific 
coast,  from  the  Columbia  to  the  Yukon  rivers,  the  organization  maintains 
canneries  where  more  than  twenty  million  cans  of  salmon  are  packed 
each  year. 


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LEWINSOHN,  SOLOMON  A.,  insurance,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  Sept.  17,  1865,  the  son  of  Lewis 
and  Anna  (Epstean)  I.ewinsohn.  He  is  now  the  vice-president  of  the  Empire  State  Surety  Company.  In  1893 
he  was  assistant  proaecnttng  attorney  of  Chicago.  He  is  a  democrat,  R  member  of  the  Cook  County  Democracy, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  National  t'nlon.  His  office  address  is  54  W.  Randolph  St. 


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RYDZEWSKI.  FRANK  X.,  member  board  of  local  improvements, 
Chicago:  b.  Russian  Poland,  Feb.  19,  1867;  emigrated  to  U.  S. 
white  still  a  boy;  employed  in  various  capacities  at  111.  Steel  Co., 
So.  Chi.,  then  opened  liquor  store  and  restaurant;  democrat;  appt. 
to  bd.  or  local  Improvements  1911:  mem.  numerous  fraternal  socs.; 
address,  8300  Superior  Ave. 


O'DONNELL,  PATRICK  SHAUGHNESSY.  physician  and  sur- 
geon, Chicago:  b.  CwricktergUflj,  Ireland,  Sept.  12,  18SO;  s.  Peter 
Shaughnessy  and  Mary  O'Donnell;  ed.  Trinity  Coll..  Dublin;  Christ 
Church  hospital,  London,  A.B.;  Is  a  specialist  in  radiology;  licentiate 
of  Royal  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Ireland :  late  radiologist 
Michael  Reese  hospital,  Chicago;  mem.  British  Medical  assn.;  office, 
Heyworth  Bldg. 


LUCHOW,  HANS  ADOLF  EMIL,  manager  western  branch  August 
Luchow's  Imported  Hccrs,  Chicago;  b.  Hanover,  Germany,  July 
24,  1881;  s.  Adolf  and  Sophie  Dorethea  (Kuetemeier)  Luchow; 
ed.  bus.  coll.,  Toronto,  Can.;  connected  with  offices  of  August 
Luchow,  wholesale  dept.,  in  New  York,  until  1908;  since  then 
western  representative  of  same  nrm;  office.  Stock  Exchange  Bldg. 


DANNER,  MAX  L.,  captain  of  police;  b.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  May  6, 
1S67;  s.  Libert  and  Elizabeth  Danner;  joined  police  department 
C'hicago,  1890;  promoted  to  post  of  patrol  sergeant,  1898;  promoted 
to  lieutenant.  1901;  made  captain,  190S;  handled  many  notable 
cases,  among  them  Evelyn  Arthur  See  case;  mem.  Royal  Arcanum; 
office,  Sheffield  Ave.  Station. 


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ILBUR  GLENN  VOLIVA,  general  overseer  of  the  Christian 
Catholic  Apostolic  Church  in  Zion,  and  John  Alexander 
Dowie's  successor  as  head  of  the  Church,  was  born  in 
1870,  near  Newtown,  Indiana.  His  father,  a  lawyer  by 
profession,  occupied  a  farm  near  his  place  of  practice,  and 
General  Overseer  Voliva  lived  on  this  farm  until  the  com- 
mencement of  his  college  career.  After  a  five  years'  course 
he  was  graduated  from  Union  Christian  College,  at  Meron,  Sullivan  county, 
Ind.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  in  the 
Christian  (sometimes  called  the  New  Light)  Church. 

He  served  three  years  as  pastor  of  the  Christian  Church  at  Linden, 
Ind.,  and  one  year  as  pastor  of  the  same  denomination's  Church  at  Urbana, 
111.  Upon  leaving  Urbana  he  pursued  theological  studies  for  a  year  in  the 
seminary  at  Stanfordville,  N.  Y.,  during  part  of  which  time  he  supplied 
the  pulpit  of  the  Chestnut  Street  Christian  Church  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  His 
next  pastorate  was  at  York  Harbor  —  on  the  Maine  coast  —  where  he 
remained  several  months.  Soon  after  leaving  York  Harbor  he  became  a 
member  of  the  Disciple  Church,  and,  in  the  fall  of  1895,  he  entered  Hiram 
College,  at  Hiram,  O.,  where  he  won  the  degree  of  B.  A.  At  the  same  time 
Union  Christian  College  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Divinity. 

After  his  graduation  he  was  pastor  for  eighteen  months  of  the  Christian 
Church  at  Washington  Court  House,  O.  He  took  his  stand  with  John 
Alexander  Dowie,  Feb.  22,  1899.  In  April,  1899,  he  was  ordained  to  elder- 
ship in  the  Christian  Catholic  Church  in  Zion  and  for  fourteen  months  was 
elder-in-charge  of  the  north  side  Zion  Tabernacle,  Chicago.  He  was 
assigned  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  in  1901  was  called  back  to  headquarters  by 
Dr.  Dowie.  In  August,  1901,  he  was  ordained  overseer  and  assigned  to 
duty  in  Australasia. 

A  biographer  says:  "His  ministry  is  Australia  proved  a  phenomenal 
success.  He  took  a  keen  interest  in  the  upbuilding  of  Zion  City,  in  the 
United  States,  and  during  his  ministry  over  500  Australians  crossed  the 
ocean  in  order  to  have  the  privileges  of  a  home  in  Zion  City. 

"In  January,  1906,  upon  the  failing  of  the  health  of  Dr.  Dowie,  he  sent 
for  Overseer  Voliva  to  return  to  Zion  City  and  become  the  deputy  general 
overseer  of  all  Zion's  work.  The  latter  arrived  in  Zion  City  Feb.  14,  1906, 
and  immediately  assumed  the  onerous  duties.  Dr.  Dowie  was  at  the  time 
in  Jamaica,  where  he  had  been  taken  to  avoid  the  severe  northern  winter, 
in  a  state  of  precarious  health  and  unable  to  help  himself;  and,  by  reason  of 
the  severe  mental  strain  of  years  and  fatigue,  he  was,  much  of  the  time, 
irrational,  and  labored  under  harrowing  hallucinations,  and  from  far 
Jamaica  was  issuing  orders  and  attempting  policies  impossible  for  Zion 
and  Zion  City.  The  unfortunate  condition  of  affairs  naturally  made 
Deputy  General  Overseer  Voliva's  task  no  light  one,  but  he  soon  succeeded 
in  partially  re-establishing  the  confidence  of  the  people  of  Zion  City  and 
that  of  the  business  world. 

"He  was  not  permitted  to  complete  that  confidence.  For  some  time 
lax  business  practices  had  obtained  in  the  affairs  of  Zion  and  Zion  City, 
caused  no  doubt  by  Dr.  Dowie's  oversanguine  temperament  and  by  mis- 
information given  him  by  officers  not  fully  in  harmony  with  Zion's  ideals. 
Finally,  the  deputy  general  overseer  felt  compelled,  at  the  instance  of  a 


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wailing  people,  to  protect  the  innocent  from  certain  financial  wreck,  and 
if  possible,  save  the  situation. 

"On  the  advice  of  counsel,  the  people  were  fully  advised  of  the  situation, 
and  April  1,  1906,  with  practically  one  voice,  Deputy  General  Overseer 
Voliva  was  asked  to  lead  them  and  Zion's  affairs,  and  at  the  same  time  it  was 
demanded  that  Dr.  Dowie,  by  reason  of  his  mental  and  physical  condition, 
should  be  retired.  Acting  upon  the  suggestion  of  a  few  of  his  attendants, 
Dr.  Dowie  attempted  to  prevent  this  action,  and  all  Zion  was  soon  in  the 
midst  of  a  war  of  supremacy.  Dr.  Dowie  appealed  to  the  courts.  The 


ADMINISTRATION   BUILDING 

contentions  of  those  who  sought  the  retirement  of  Dr.  Dowie  and  the  sub- 
stitution of  Deputy  General  Overseer  Voliva  were  sustained.  A  receiver, 
however,  was  appointed  at  the  instance  of  non-Zion  creditors,  and  every- 
thing belonging  to  Zion  was  turned  over  to  the  receiver  in  July,  1906. 

"Even  when  the  receiver  was  in  charge,  General  Overseer  Voliva's 
work  was  not  confined  to  the  ecclesiastical  field.  He  realized  that  as  leader 
of  a  people  who  regard  all  of  life's  activities  sacred  it  devolved  upon  him  to 
accomplish  the  dissolution  of  the  receivership.  Zion  had  to  be  reconstruct- 
ed. It  was  an  imperative  necessity.  From  his  viewpoint  the  age,  and 
Christianity  itself,  demanded  it.  The  receiver  has  been  discharged.  Gen- 
eral Overseer  Voliva  is  in  charge  of  both  branches  of  his  church,  temporal 
and  spiritual.  Practically  bankrupt  when  the  property  was  turned  over 
to  him,  the  holdings  of  the  church  to-day  in  Zion  City  approximate  in  value 
one  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  the  realty  holdings  alone  being 
three  thousand  acres  of  farming  land,  including  eight  hundred  of  desirable 
lake  front,  and  two  thousand  building  lots." 


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TSAAC  ARTHUR  ABT,  physician,  Chicago;  b.  Wilmington,  111.,  Dec.  18, 
•••  1868;  s.  Levi  and  Henrietta  (Hart)  Abt;  ed.  Chi.  pub.  schls.  and  prepared 
for  coll.  at  Univ.  of  Chicago;  entered  Johns  Hopkins  Univ.,  and  completed 
preliminary  medical  course  in  1889,  grad.  from  Chicago  Med.  Coll.  1891;  interne 
Michael  Reese  Hosp.,  1891-3;  post-grad,  work  in  Vienna  and  Berlin,  1893-4; 
specialist  in  diseases  of  children ;  was  prof,  of  diseases  of  children  at  Northwestern 
Univ.  Woman's  Med.  School  until  it  went  out  of  existence;  formerly  asso.  prof, 
diseases  of  children,  Rush  Med.  Coll.;  prof,  diseases  of  children  Northwestern 
Univ.  Med.  Schl.  since  1909;  attending  physician  diseases  of  children,  Michael 
Reese  and  Cook  Co.  hosps.;  consulting  physician  to  Provident  Hosp.  for  Crippled 
Children,  Jackson  Park  Sanitarium,  Chicago  Orphan  Asylum,  Mary  Thompson 
Hosp.  and  Evanston  Hosp.;  mem.  Am.  Pediatric  Soc.,  Am.  Med.  Ass.,  Chicago 
Pediatric  Soc.,  etc.;  has  written  many  monographs  on  subjects  relating  to  diseases 
of  children;  office,  32  No.  State  St. 


JOSEPH  DE  SILVA,  physician  and  surgeon,  Rock  Island;  b.  Jacksonville, 
111.;  s.  Joseph  and  Threasa  (Geovia)  De  Silva;  ed.  pub.  schl.  Jacksonville; 
grad.  Whipple  Acad.,  111.  Coll.;  N.  W.  Univ.;  was  interne  at  Mercy  Hosp., 
Chi.;  pres.  bd.  of  trustees  111.  Institution  of  Feeble  Minded  asylum;  secty.  bd.  of 
commrs.  111.  state  penitentiary;  ex-mem,  bd.  of  Rock  Island  pub.  library;  comr.  of 
health,  city  physician,  chm.  Rock  Island  county  central  com.,  pres.  Rock  Island  Co. 
Humane  Soc.,  trustee  municipal  tuberculosis  hosp.,  secty.  Nat.  Assn.  of  Penal  and 
Reform  Institutions,  mem.  111.  State  Medical  Soc.,  Am.  Medical  Assn.,  Am.  Acad. 
of  Medicine,  Nat.  Assn.  of  Railway  Surgeons,  Rock  Island  Co.  Medical  Soc.; 
club,  Rock  Island;  office.  Safety  Bldg.,  Rock  Island. 


JOSEPH  P.  PERCIVAL,  physician  and  expert  on  insanity  cases,  is  a  native 
of  Chicago. 

He  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Norfolk  State  Hospital  for  the 
Insane  at  Norfolk,  Neb.,  in  1908,  by  Governor  Ashton  C.  Shallenberger. 

In  February,  1911,  Dr.  Percival  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Cook 
County  institution  at  Dunning.  He  resigned  the  position  in  August  of  the  same 
year. 

He  has  been  a  practicing  physician  in  Chicago,  Omaha  and  other  cities  for 
twenty  years  and  has  specialized  on  nervous  and  mental  diseases.  Address  1801 
So.  Center  Ave. 


M.  WING,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Kendall  Co.,  111.,  Apr.  13,  1877;  s 
Russell  Merritt  and  Amelia  S.  (De  Land)  Wing;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Evanston, 
N.  W.  Acad.,  N.  W.  Univ.;  studied  law  with  father;  adm.  bar  1901;  con- 
continued  in  father's  office  and  later  became  partner,  firm  name  Wing  &  Wing, 
subsequently  Wing,  Wing  &  Stansbury;  in  gen.  practice;  democrat;  mem.  Sigma 
Chi;  clubs,  Calumet,  Kenil  worth;  office,  New  York  Life  Bldg. 

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EDWARD  THOMAS  GLENNON,  lawyer,  Chicago;  b.  Woodstock,  111.,  Aug. 
21,  1856;  s.  Thomas  Glennon;  ed.  public  schools  of  McHenry  Co.,  111.,  and 
then  was  for  11  years  engaged  in  journalism,  being  at  one  time  proprietor  of 
the  Woodstock  Sentinel;  left  journalism  to  take  up  the  study  of  law  in  1881;  grad. 
Union  College  of  Law,  Chicago,  1884;  admitted  to  the  bar,  June,  1884,  and  at  once 
engaged  in  practice  of  law  in  Chicago;  asst.  special  assessment  atty.  under  Oliver 
H.  Horton,  corpn.  counsel,  Apr.,  1887-Dec.,  1888;  thjen  asst.  state's  atty.  under 
Joel  M.  Longenecker  until  May  1,  1891;  appointed  police  magistrate  by  Mayor 
Hempstead  Washburne,  1891,  and  resigned  in  Nov.,  1896;  mem.  of  law  firm  of 
McFaden  &  Glennon,  rep.  L.  S.  &  M.  S.  Ry.  Co.,  1896-7;  mem.  of  firm  of  Pam, 
Donnelly  &  Glennon  and  its  successor,  Pam,  Calhoun  &  Glennon,  Feb.,  1898,- 
Feb.,  1904;  then  of  Glennon,  Gary  &  Walker,  and  now  Glennon,  Gary,  Walker  & 
Howe;  appointed  master  in  chancery  circuit  court  of  Cook  Co.,  1897;  is  dir.  Am. 
Automatic  Switch  &  Signal  Co.;  republican;  clubs,  C.  A.  A.,  Hamilton;  office, 
La  Salle  St.  Station. 


WILLIAM  G.  BEALE,  lawyer,  Chicago,  was  born  at  Winthrop,  Me., 
Sept.  10,  1854,  the  son  of  \Villiam  and  Lucinda  (Bacon)  Beale.  He 
received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1877,  and  read 
law  in  the  office  of  Williams  &  Thompson,  at  Chicago.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
Illinois  bar  in  1881  and  has  practiced  in  Chicago  ever  since.  He  is  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Isham,  Lincoln  &  Beale.  He  was  president  of  the  Chicago 
board  of  education  during  1891  and  1892  and  corporation  counsel  of  the  city  of 
Chicago  from  1895  to  1897.  He  is  one  of  the  three  trustees  holding  majority  of 
stock  of  the  Chicago  Tribune  under  the  will  of  the  late  Joseph  Medill.  Mr.  Beale 
is  a  republican  and  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  University  and  Union  clubs  of 
Chicago  and  of  the  Union  and  University  clubs  of  New  York.  His  office  is  at 
72  West  Adams  St. 


WEIL,  JOSEPH  A.,  lawyer  Peorla:  b.  Peorla,  May  30,  1870  ;s.  Isaac 
A.  and  Babetta  (Heroic!)  Well;  ed.  Peorla  high  sehl.;  adm.  bar,  1891 ; 
partner  of  Isaac  C.  Edwards  until  hitter's  death,  is9fi;  practiced 
alone  until  Jan.,  1912,  then  partner  of  Joseph  F.  Hartley;  mem. 
democratic  state  central  com.  from  Ifith.  congressional  dist.:  mem. 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  P.,  M.  W.  A..  B.  P.  O.  F..;  club,  Creve  Coeur; 
office,  Jefferson  Bids,.  Peorla. 


MAHONEY.  JOSEPH  T..  Chicago;  active  In  labor  union  organiza- 
tion; assisted  in  organization  of  south  side  street  car  men,  1902; 
1909.  elected  financial  secretary  and  business  iiKt'nt  of  South  Side 
Street  Car  Men's  Union,  known  as  Division  200  of  the  A.  A.  of  S. 
&  E.  of  A.,  comprising  3,400  men;  re-elected  1910;  also  elected 
member  of  the  Chicago  city  council,  1910. 


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THE  CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE 

T  was  but  the  fulfillment  of  destiny  that  Chicago  should  become 
the  leading  grain  market  of  this  continent,  if  not  of  the  world. 
Its  geographical  location  on  the  Great  Lakes,  in  the  early  days 
the  only  practical  means  of  transporting  bulky  freight  to 
the  east,  combined  with  the  wonderful  expansion  of  farm 
cultivation  and  production  to  the  west  of  it,  established  the 
grain  business  as  the  leading  industry  in  the  then  frontier  settlement,  and 
this  proud  position  it  has  never  relinquished.  The  history  of  the  Board 
of  Trade  of  Chicago  is  but  the  history  of  this  city  as  a  grain  market.  Its 
beginnings  naturally  were  small.  As  early,  however,  as  1845  the  grain 


CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE 

business  had  assumed  such  proportions  that  the  establishment  of  a  grain 
exchange  similar  to  those  in  the  older  cities  of  the  East  was  agitated  in  a 
local  newspaper  called  the  "Merchant." 

Nothing  came  of  this  suggestion  until  the  year  1848.  On  the  thirteenth 
of  March  of  that  year  a  call  was  issued  for  a  meeting  of  the  business  men 
of  the  city  to  organize  such  an  Exchange.  The  movement  was  started  by 
Messrs.  T.  Richmond  and  W.  L.  Whiting.  At  the  first  meeting  a  consti- 


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tution  was  adopted  and  a  committee  appointed  to  draft  by-laws.  At  the 
second  meeting,  on  the  first  Monday  of  April  following,  the  Association  was 
fully  organized,  with  Mr.  Thomas  Dyer  as  the  first  president,  and  a  general 
invitation  was  extended  to  all  merchants  to  meet  daily  at  the  first  home  of 
the  Exchange,  over  George  J.  Harris'  flour  store  on  South  Water  Street, 
rented  for  $110  per  annum. 

Space  forbids  any  description  of  the  early  trials  and  vicissitudes  through 
which  the  institution  struggled  to  its  present  position  of  pre-eminence. 
Nothing  but  the  splendid  enthusiasm  and  far-sighted  optimism  of  its 
founders  kept  it  alive.  Every  expedient  was  resorted  to  in  order  to  main- 
tain the  interest  in  the  organization.  In  these  early  days,  however,  were 
established  those  high-minded  principles  of  commercial  rectitude  and 
integrity  between  members  which  are  everywhere  associated  with  this 
Exchange  and  which  even  its  enemies  are  forced  to  concede. 

In  1851  the  membership  of  the  board  had  grown  to  about  400,  half  of 
whom  were  active.  This  forced  the  removal  to  larger  quarters  at  the  corner 
of  South  Water  and  Clark  streets,  which  were  leased  at  an  annual  rental 
of  $250.  The  activity  of  the  new  institution  grew  apace  with  the  expand- 
ing grain  business.  The  years  1858  and  1859,  following  the  panic  of  1857, 
were  the  most  prosperous  years  of  the  Exchange  since  its  organization.  A 
need  was  felt  for  its  legal  incorporation  under  the  laws  of  the  state,  and  this 
was  accomplished  in  the  latter  year.  It  still  exists  under  this  charter. 

The  splendid  record  for  patriotism  which  the  board  maintained  in  the 
critical  period  of  the  Civil  WTar  must  be  passed  over  for  lack  of  space.  Upon 
the  cessation  of  the  war,  a  renewed  impetus  was  given  to  the  grain  trade 
at  Chicago,  and  likewise  renewed  activity  took. place  upon  the  Board  of 
Trade.  On  August  15,  1865,  the  board  moved  into  its  handsome  new 
quarters  in  the  Merchants  Exchange  Building  at  La  Salle  and  Washington 
streets,  for  which  it  obligated  itself  to  pay  an  annual  rental  of  $20,000. 
Thus,  in  seventeen  years,  its  growth  was  so  phenomenal  that  its  rent  for 
business  purposes  grew  from  $110  to  $20,000  a  year.  This  building  was 
destroyed  in  the  fire  of  1871,  but  was  rebuilt  and  re-occupied  by  the  board 
on  the  first  anniversary  of  the  fire,  October  9,  1872,  where  it  remained 
until  the  completion,  May  1,  1885,  of  the  building  upon  its  present  site 
at  Jackson  Boulevard  and  La  Salle  Street.  About  this  time  memberships, 
which  were  practically  gratuitous  in  the  early  days  of  the  organization, 
reached  the  highest  value  in  the  entire  existence  of  the  board,  several 
having  been  sold  at  $5,000.  Likewise  the  initiation  fee  had  been  raised 
from  $5  to  $5,000.  This  account  indicates  in  decidedly  superficial  way  the 
growth  of  the  Board  of  Trade  in  connection  with  the  grain  trade  of  Chicago. 
It  was  established  to  meet  a  pressing  demand  for  a  place  where 
the  buyers  and  sellers  of  grain  might  meet  and  transact  business  at  the 
least  expense  of  time  and  convenience.  It  has  become,  by  the  evolution 
of  time,  the  market  place  of  the  world  for  these  commodities.  No  one  can 
doubt  that  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  Chicago  in  the  grain  industry 
have  been  largely  due  to  the  enterprise  and  business  foresight  of  the  Chicago 
Board  of  Trade  and  its  members. 

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THE  LIVE  STOCK  EXCHANGE  NATIONAL  BANK,  located  within 
the  boundaries  of  the  Union  Stock  Yards  at  Chicago,  is  transacting  business 
under  its  third  national  bank  charter.  It  represents  by  its  directory,  com- 
posed of  the  leading  financiers  in  the  packing  industry,  its  progressive,  alert  and 
able  officers  and  ample  capital,  forty-four  years  of  the  phenomenal  growth  of  the 
Chicago  live  stock  market  from  small  beginnings  to  its  present  gigantic  proportions. 
Here  it  is  that  the  enormous  daily  receipts  of  live  stock  are  converted  into  cash  and 
the  clearances  made  through  this  natural  channel. 

This  bank  has  always  kept  well  abreast  of  the  times  and  wisely  adapted  itself 
to  constantly  changing  conditions,  pursuing  a  broad-gauge  policy  toward  its  cus- 
tomers in  directly  promoting  the  best  interests  of  the  live  stock  business  at  Chicago. 
Country  bankers  whose  customers  are  the  live  stock  producers  have  been  con- 
stantly attracted  to  the  special  advantages  offered  by  this  bank  through  its  ability 
to  handle  proceeds  of  live  stock  sales  with  promptness  and  satisfaction  and  without 
loss  of  time,  both  in  interest  and  notice  of  credit. 

Its  present  large  line  of  country  deposits  is  rapidly  increasing,  for  these  and 
other  excellent  reasons.  Its  helping  hand  reaches  far,  and  not  only  strongly  grasps 
the  legitimate  lines  of  business  which  the  name  indicates,  but  also  is  in  close  touch 
with  and  well  able  to  take  care  of  any  and  all  business  which  a  Chicago  bank  is 
called  upon  to  handle.  The  unfailing  courtesy  of  its  officers  gets  business  and 
keeps  it,  and  all  within  the  limits  of  sound  banking. 


SELLA  WOOD  DEAN,  society  woman  and  authoress  of  Chicago,  was  born 
.  at  Corona,  Ohio. 

She  was  brought  to  Chicago  by  her  parents  when  she  was  a  year  old 
and  lived  until  a  few  months  ago  at  the  family  residence  at  3924  Michigan  Avenue. 
Recently  Mrs.  Dean  moved  to  5000  Drexel  Boulevard. 

Mrs.  Dean  is  a  cultured  singer  and  a  noted  horsewoman.  She  has  traveled 
extensively  and  speaks  French,  German,  Italian  and  other  foreign  languages 
fluently. 

Her  first  novel  was  entitled  "Shibboleth."  Her  latest  work,  called  "Love's 
Purple,"  has  elicited  comment  because  of  its  bold  treatment  of  social  conventions. 

Mrs.  Dean  is  an  ardent  believer  in  women's  rights  and  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  the  fight  for  the  ballot  for  women  in  Illinois. 

She  is  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  the  Art  In- 
stitute, the  Amateur  Minstrel  Club,  the  Chicago  Woman's  Club,  the  Colonial 
Dames  and  other  clubs  and  societies. 

Mrs.  Dean  is  the  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Samuel  E.  Wood,  a  pioneer  Chicago 
physician,  who  died  in  1908.  She  is  the  widow  of  the  late  John  E.  Dean,  de- 
ceased 1908. 


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RODGERS,  CALBRAITH  P..  aviator;  b.  1880,  PIttsburg.  Pa.;  s.  Capt.  Calbraith  Perry  Rodgers,  U.  S.  A.; 
deceased,  Long  Beach,  Cal.,  Apr.  3,  1912;  educated  at  the  University  of  Columbia  and  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania; began  aviation  career  June  6,  1911;  won  end u ranee  i>ri/.c  and  record,  Chicago  meet,  July,  1911;  first 
aviator  to  cross  the  American  continent  in  an  air  craft;  left  N.  Y.  City,  Sept.  17.  1911,  and  arrived  at  Long 
Beach,  Cal.,  Dec.  10,  1911;  distance  covered  3,634  miles;  actual  flying  time,  103  hours;  at  various  times  resided 
in  Chicago,  New  York  and  Havre  de  Grace,  Md. 


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THE  AMERICAN  STEEL  FOUNDRIES  was  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  New  Jersey,  June  26,  1892,  and  acquired  the  following  prop- 
erties: The  Sargent  Company  of  Chicago;  Reliance  Steel  Castings 
Company  of  Pittsburg;  Franklin  Steel  Casting  Company  of  Franklin,  Pa.; 
Leighton  &  Howard  Steel  Company  of  East  St.  Louis,  111. ;  American  Steel 
Foundry  Company  of  Granite  City,  111.,  and  the  American  Steel  Castings 
Company  of  Alliance,  O.,  Chester,  Pa.,  Sharon,  Pa.,  and  Norristown,  Pa. 
Since  then  the  company  has  acquired  the  Simplex  Railway  Appliance  Com- 
pany of  Chicago  and  control  of  the  American  Steel  Bolster  Company. 

It  has  an  authorized  and  issued  capitalization  of  $17,184,000.  Much  of 
the  company's  tonnage  is  derived  either  directly  or  indirectly  from  railroads, 
particularly  for  cars  and  locomotives.  It  manufactures  cast-steel  bolsters, 
wheels,  couplers,  brake-beams,  Andrews  side  frames,  and  all  kinds  of  steel 
castings. 

The  company  has  foundries  at  South  Chicago  and  Indiana  Harbor. 
Its  offices  are  at  72  West  Adams  Street.  Officers:  President,  R.  P.  La- 
mont;  first  vice-president,  George  E.  Scott;  second  vice-president,  R.  H. 
Ripley;  third  vice-president,  W.  J.  Lynch;  secretary  and  treasurer,  F.  E. 
Patterson;  comptroller,  Thomas  Drever.  Directors:  William  V.  Kelley 
(chairman),  E.  H.  Gary,  John  M.  Harrison,  W.  W.  Butler,  Morris  Bachman, 
E.  F.  Goltra,  W.  D.  Sargent,  Arthur  J.  Eddy,  George  B.  Leighton,  Max 
Pam,  Charles  Miller  and  Edward  Shearson. 

HOOD  McKAY,  president  of  the  O.  S.  Richardson  Coal  Company,  of  Chi- 
cago, was  born  in  New  York  City,  Feb.  29,  1868.     He  was  an  anthracite 
operator  in  Pennsylvania,   for  many  years,   and  later  a    mining    engineer.     He 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 

At  the  two  storage,  preparation  and  reshipping  docks  of  the  O.  S.  Richardson 
Coal  Company,  located  on  the  north  and  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  are 
stored  more  than  100,000  tons  of  Susquehanna  anthracite,  in  addition  to  the 
soft  coal  and  coke,  and  the  tonnage  in  the  team  hoppers  and  storage  bins  of  the 
rail  yards.  The  natural  breakage  incident  to  handling  in  and  out  of  the  great 
coal  barges  requires  —  in  order  that  the  coal  may  yield  a  maximum  of  efficiency 
to  the  consumer  —  a  complete  and  thorough  retreatment  and  preparation.  When 
the  coal  goes  through  the  Richardson  preparation  plant  sit  is  sorted,  uniformly 
sized  and  the  dirt  is  eliminated.  Address  203  So.  Dearborn  St. 

WILLIAM  H.  ROSECRANS,  consulting  engineer  and  president  of  the 
W.  H.  Rosecrans  Engineering  Co.,  of  Chicago,  was  born  in  Kankakee, 
III.,  April  20,  1870.  He  is  the  son  of  Edwin  and  Louisa  Rosecrans. 
He  attended  the  University  of  Michigan  and  was  graduated  in  1894  with  the 
degree  of  B.  S.,  later  C.  E.,  and  subsequently  to  this  received  an  honorary 
degree  in  civil  engineering.  He  has  been  chief  engineer  of  the  Indiana,  Illinois, 
and  Iowa  R.  R.,  and  the  Elkhart  and  Western  R.R.,  superintendent  of  construction 
with  the  firm  of  J.  G.  White  &  Co.,  and  chief  civil  and  hydraulic  engineer  of  the 
Arnold  Co.  He  was  also  consulting  engineer  in  U.  S.  irrigation  and  pumping 
water  power.  The  company  of  which  he  is  now  president  maintains  offices  in 
Chicago  and  New  York.  Mr.  Rosecrans  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  and  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers.  Office,  30  N. 
La  Salle  St. 


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ILLINOIS  CENTRAL  RAILROAD 
HERE  were  111  miles  of  railroad  in  operation  in  the  state 
of  Illinois  in  February,  1851,  when  Gov.  French  approved 
the  legislative  act  incorporating  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad 
and  signed  the  charter  of  that  road,  which  has  since  played 
a  most  noteworthy  part  in  the  development  of  Chicago  and 
the  state.  There  were  but  800,000  persons  in  the  state  at  that  time  and 
the  population  of  Chicago  was  only  28,000.  The  state  treasury  was  all 
but  bankrupt  and  the  great  prairies  that  now  yield  the  richest  crops  in 
the  Union  were,  for  stretches  of  hundreds  of  miles,  untilled  and  unpro- 
ductive. 

To-day  the  Illinois  Central  has  more  than  4,500  miles  of  track  and  its 
growth  has  been  commensurate  with  the  development  of  the  state  of 
Lincoln,  Douglas,  Grant  and  Logan.  The  original  plans  of  the  road  called 
for  the  building  of  but  706  miles  of  track  under  the  state  charter. 

The  Illinois  Central  is  the  outgrowth  of  an  act  of  congress  passed  Sept. 
20,  1850,  granting  certain  government  lands  in  Illinois,  Mississippi  and 
Alabama  for  the  construction  of  a  "national  highway"  from  Chicago  to 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The  first  surveying  party  was  put  in  the  field  May  21, 
1851,  and  rails,  weighing  65  pounds  to  the  yard,  were  shipped  from  England. 
Population  quickly  followed  the  construction  of  the  road  and  farms  were 
settled,  crops  grown,  cattle,  hogs  and  horses  raised  and  heavy  shipments 
of  farm  produce  were  ready  for  the  road  as  soon  as  it  was  extended  to  new 
districts.  Into  the  charter  of  the  road  was  written  the  provision  that  in 
lieu  of  taxes  seven  per  cent  of  the  gross  receipts  were  to  be  paid  to  the 
state,  and  in  the-  sixty  years  of  its  existence  the  Illinois  Central  has  con- 
tributed to  the  state  treasury  assessments  which  have  kept  the  tax  rate 
down  and  contributed  to  the  wiping  out  of  the  state  debt. 

The  Illinois  Central  was  the  first  American  road  to  furnish  sleeping 
cars  for  its  passengers,  twenty  years  before  the  advent  of  the  Pullman 
sleepers.  Its  suburban  service  out  of  Chicago  was  established  in  1856, 
when  George  B.  McClellan,  then  vice-president  of  the  road,  gave  orders 
for  the  running  of  local  trains  to  Hyde  Park,  then  eight  and  one-half  miles 
from  the  city.  To-day  the  suburban  service  of  the  road  is  the  largest 
in  the  world.  Millions  of  suburban  passengers  ride  on  the  Illinois  Central 
suburban  trains  annually. 

Electrification  is  a  problem  which  has  engaged  the  attention  of  the 
management  of  the  road.  This  question  has  been  referred  to  a  committee 
named  by  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  which  is  preparing  a 
comprehensive  report  on  the  subject. 


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CHARLES  P.  SKINNER,  paint  mfr.,  Moline;  b.  Rock  Island,  111.,  June  13, 
V-'  1870;  s.  Charles  W.  and  Julia  (Mirfield)  Skinner;  ed.  pub.  schls.  Rock  Island, 
Geneseo  Acad.;  was  bookkeeper  Moline  Nat.  Bank  5  yrs.;  with  Davis  Co., 
contractors,  5  yrs.;  repub.;  alderman  2  yrs.;  mayor  2  yrs.;  mem.  111.  naval  militia; 
ranking  officer  lieut.  3rd  brigade,  I.N.G.;  mem  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.O.O.F.,  B.P.O.E., 
Red  Men,  K.  P.,  Eagles;  clubs;  Moline,  Rock  Island,  Rock  Island  Arsenal  Golf; 
office,  101-105,  16th  St. 


"JV  yTATHIAS  WENGLER,  cigar  manufacturer,  Chicago,  was  born  in  Luxem- 
-^  -*•  burg,  Germany.  He  was  educated  in  St.  Michael's  school,  Chicago,  and 
as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Wengler  &  Mandell  started  making  cigars  in 
1879,  building  the  business  up  from  small  beginnings  to  one  of  large  proportions. 
He  is  a  member  of  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Address,  1932  W.  Madison  St. 


LA   SALLE   STREET   NATIONAL   BANK,   CHICAGO 

The  La  Salle  Street  National  Bank  opened  for  business  May  9,  1910.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that  this  institution  is  one 
of  the  newcomers  in  the  field,  It  has  quickly  won  its  standing  among  the  leading  banks  of  Chicago.  Occupying  spacious  and 
completely  modern  quarters  in  The  Rookery,  at  La  Salle  and  Adams  streets,  it  is  most  conveniently  located  to  the  commercial 
district.  The  administration  of  the  La  Salle  Bank  has  been  particularly  efficient  and  capable  and  its  policies  have  been  con- 
servative from  the  beginning.  Following  is  a  list  of  the  officers  and  board  of  directors: 
WILLIAM  LORIMER,  president  JOHN  M.  Roach  WILLIAM  LORIMEB 

C.  B.  MUNDAY,  vice-president  B.  G.  BRENNAN  JOSEPH  HOCK 

WM.  LORIMER,  JR.,  vice-president  GEORGE  O.  GUNDERSON      PAUL  F.  DE.ICH 

CHARLES  G.  Fox,  cashier  JAMES  E.  BENNETT 

LEONARD  J.  LORIMER,  secretary  T.  J.  MAGNER 

C.  B.  MUNDAY 


W.  A.  GARDNER 
WILLIAM  J.  MOXLEY 
P.  M.  HANNEY 


ELBRIDGE  HANECY 
WILLIAM  LORIMER,  JR. 
CHARLES  G.  Fox 
LEONARD   J.    LORIMER 
H.  W.  HUTTIG 
J.  P.  GALLAGHER 


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CHICAGO,  MILWAUKEE  AND  ST.  PAUL  RY. 

XE  of  the  most  remarkable  railroad  building  operations 
in  the  history  of  the  world  was  the  laying  of  the  extension 
of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railway  to  the 
Pacific  coast,  making  it  one  of  the  five  trans-continental 
railway  systems  of  the  United  States. 
The  extension  is  called  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  Puget  Sound  Railway. 
It  was  built  under  the  direction  of  President  A.  J.  Earling  at  an  approximate 
cost  of  $100,000,000.  Feats  of  engineering  skill  and  daring  that  were 
little  dreamed  of  fifty  years  ago,  when  the  first  transcontinental  line  was 
projected  to  the  coast,  marked  the  progress  of  its  construction. 

The  extension  is  approximately  1,400  miles  in  length.  It  connects 
with  the  older  portion  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  at  Mobridge, 
S.  D.,  and  runs  through  South  and  North  Dakota,  Montana,  Idaho  and 
Washington  to  the  cities  of  Seattle  and  Tacoma.  Building  of  the  exten- 
sion was  begun  on  April  2, 1906,  and  the  last  rail  was  laid  on  March  29,  1909, 
the  scene  of  the  ending  of  the  great  undertaking  being  at  Missoula,  Mont. 

Statistics  compiled  by  officials  of  the  road  give  some  idea  of  the  amazing 
project  which  was  completed  in  the  record  time  of  three  years.  More  than 
60,000,000  cubic  yards  of  material  were  excavated,  360,000  cubic  yards 
of  tunnel  were  driven,  more  than  200,000  tons  of  steel  rails  were  laid  and 
twenty  miles  of  bridges  were  erected.  One  steel  bridge,  crossing  the 
Missouri  river  at  Mobridge,  consists  of  three  spans,  each  425  feet  long,  with 
one  trestle  approach.  It  cost  $2,000,000.  Another  great  bridge  across  the 
Columbia  river  cost  $1,000,000. 

On  the  western  slope  of  the  Cascade  Mountains,  Topographer's  Gulch, 
as  deep  as  a  tall  skyscraper,  required  630,000  cubic  yards  of  filling,  which 
necessitated  the  setting  up  of  a  $60,000  sluicing  apparatus  before  a  single 
cubic  foot  of  earth  was  moved.  The  builders  of  the  extension  found  the 
lowest  grades,  took  the  shortest  cuts  and  connected  the  cities  of  Seattle 
and  Tacoma  with  Chicago  with  a  steel  band  over  which  travel  fast,  luxuri- 
ously appointed,  newly  built  trains. 

ELMER  ADAMS  LAUGHLIN,  vice-pres.  Joliet  Railway  Supply  Co.,  Chicago; 
b.  St.  Louis,  Mar.  11,  1879;  s.  Henry  D.  and  Ella  (Haynes)  Laughlin;  att. 
St.  Louis  pub.  schls.;  grad.  Rush  Med.  Coll.,  1896;  with  Am.  Brake  Beam  Co. 
as  asst.  mgr.  1896;  1897  assisted  in  organization  West  Coast  Co.,  mfrs.  of  roofing 
materials,  and  standard  Ry.  specialties;  was  gen.  mgr.  and  dir.  until  1904;  became 
identified  with  Perry,  Sideberry  &  Co.,  mfrs.  of  Ry.  supplies,  which  merged  with 
Joliet  Ry.  Supply  Co.;  1909,  of  which  became  vice-pres.;  dir.  Nat.  Hollow  Brake 
Beam  Co.,  Northern  Hotel  Co.;  clubs:  C.  A.  A.,  Chicago  Yacht,  Kenilworth, 
North  Shore  Golf;  residences,  Oregon,  111.,  and  Kenilworth,  111.;  office,  Fisher  Bldg. 


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HE  KEWANEE  BOILER  COMPANY  was  organized  in 
1892  to  take  over  the  business  of  the  Haxtun  Steam  Heater 
Company,  which,  during  the  preceding  twenty-three  years, 
had  steadily  grown  to  meet  the  increasing  demand  for  steel 
boilers  for  heating  purposes. 

The  recognized  permanent  success  of  its  product  very  clearly  demon- 
strated the  truth  of  the  prophesy  made  in  the  early  sixties  for  a  first  class 
steel  boiler.  Soon  after  the  organization  of  the  Kewanee  Boiler  company, 
it  became  necessary  to  increase  materially  its  manufacturing  facilities  to 
meet  the  demand  for  its  products,  the  most  important  of  which  was  the 
Kewanee  fire-box  heating  boiler. 

Among  the  original  officers  who  are  with  the  company  to-day  are:  E.  E. 
Baker,  president;  B.  F.  Baker,  treasurer  and  J.  P.  Dugger,  secretary.  These 
men  have  continually  directed  the  affairs  of  the  organization  and  have 
adhered  to  their  original  determination  to  produce  nothing  else  than  the 
highest  grade  of  goods  possible.  This  policy  has  made  necessary  the  splen- 
didly equipped  plant  of  the  company  at  Kewanee,  111.,  and  the  sales  offices 
and  stores  in  Chicago,  New  York  City,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake  City,  Minne- 
apolis, and  Los  Angeles. 

The  factory  and  general  offices  at  Kewanee  are  shown  on  the  opposite 
page.  Here  the  company  has  the  most  complete,  the  most  modern  and  the 
largest  boiler  factory  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  The  various  buildings  for 
the  manufacture  of  boilers  and  radiation  cover  more  than  twenty-one  acres. 
Several  of  the  buildings  are  more  than  600  feet  long,  and  vary  from  100  to 
250  feet  in  width.  Their  construction  is  substantial  and  designed  to  pro- 
vide light  and  sanitary  conditions  for  the  employes. 

The  electric,  hydraulic,  pneumatic  and  steam  driven  machinery  is  of 
the  most  modern  kind  obtainable. 

The  product  is  sold  principally  in  the  United  States  and  Canada  for  the 
better  class  of  public  and  semi-public  buildings  and  is  marketed  through 
co-operation  with  the  best  heating  engineers,  architects  and  heating  con- 
tractors. The  result  of  the  organization's  policy  is  seen  in  the  fact  that  for 
several  years  they  have  produced  on  an  average  one  boiler  every  twenty 
minutes. 


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ILLINOIS  ZINC 


NE  of  the  most  important  industries  in  Peru,  111.,  and  one  of  the  largest 
plants  of  the  kind  in  the  country,  is  the  Illinois  Zinc  Company,  which  was 
incorporated  Feb.  3,  1870.  The  original  stockholders  were  Calvin  Wells, 
Aaron  French,  William  Mullins,  James  D.  Layng  and  Archibald  Means  - 
all  Pittsburg  men  except  Mr.  Means  who  came  from  Steubenville,  O. 
The  latter  was  the  company's  first  general  manager.  After  his  death  in  May,  1898, 
Thomas  F.  Noon  succeeded  to  the  position. 

The  first  president  was  Calvin  Wells,  who  retained  the  office  until  his  death,  Aug.  2, 
1909.     He  was  succeeded  by  Frank  S.  Layng,  of  New  York,  who  died  Feb.  11,  1911,  and 
was  in  turn  succeeded  by  Thomas  F.  Noon,  the  former  general  manager. 
The  officers  of  the  Company  are: 

President  —-  Thomas  F.  Noon,  Peru,  111. 
V ice-President  —  James  D.  Layng,  Jr.,  New  York. 
Treasurer  —  Ben  G.  Wells,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Secretary  —  W.  S.  Clow,  Peru,  111. 

The  principal  office  of  the  Company  is  at  Peru.  The  eastern  sales  office  is  located  at 
81  Fulton  St.,  New  York  City. 

Starting  from  a  comparatively  modest  beginning,  the  manufacturing  facilities  of  the 
Illinois  Zinc  Company  have  been  increased  from  year  to  year  on  account  of  the  rapidly 
growing  demand  for  the  high  grade  of  material  produced. 


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The  works  are  provided  with  all  the  latest  machinery  and  improvements  and  according 
to  one  competent  to  judge  the  present  equipment  is  not  surpassed  by  any  similar  establish- 
ment in  the  world.  The  plant  covers  fifty-two  acres  of  ground,  of  which  twenty -five  or 
more  are  under  cover.  The  buildings  of  latest  erection  are  built  of  steel,  brick  and  con- 
crete, and  are  of  the  most  modern  mechanical  construction. 

The  frontage  of  the  plant  is  more  than  one-half  mile  in  length. 

The  original  plant  in  1870  was  for  the  smelting  of  spelter  only.  At  the  present  time 
the  company  has  seven  large  gas  smelting  furnaces  and  produces  nothing  but  a  high  grade 
of  spelter  made  from  the  best  quality  of  zinc  blende  ore  from  Joplin,  Mo.,  and  from  south- 
ern Wisconsin. 

In  1882  a  sheet  zinc  rolling  mill  was  added,  which  has  been  enlarged  from  year  to  year 
as  business  developed.  The  latest  addition  is  a  ribbon  or  strip  mill  where  zinc  can  be 
rolled  up  to  250  feet  in  length. 

In  1895  a  sulphuric  acid  plant  was  added.  This  has  been  enlarged  from  time  to  time  in 
keeping  with  other  developments. 

The  company  has  its  own  tank  cars  sufficient  for  shipment  of  all  the  sulphuric  acid 
produced. 

In  1901  a  coal  mine  was  opened  at  Deer  Park,  111.,  from  which  the  necessary  fuel 
required  at  the  plant  is  mined. 

In  all  departments  about  1,000  men  are  employed  by  the  company. 

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LINK-BELT   COMPANY,   CHICAGO  PLANT 

The  Link-Belt  Company  Is  a  pioneer  and  leader  In  the  design,  development  and  manufacture  of  chains,  wheels  and  other 
equipment  for  the  continuous  handling  of  raw  and  manufactured  products  In  elevators  and  conveyors  and  for  the  transmission 
of  power.  It  manufactures  coal  crushers,  screens,  tipple  equipment,  locomotive  cranes,  peck  carriers,  friction  clutches,  gears, 
sheaves,  etc.  It  designs  and  builds  coal  washerles  and  locomotive  coaling  stations.  The  Ewart  Manufacturing  company, 
organized  In  1875,  with  the  associated  Interests,  the  Link-Belt  Machinery  Company,  organized  In  1880,  as  the'Llnk-Belt  Engi- 
neering company,  organized  In  1889,  were  merged  as  the  Link-Belt  Company  in  1906.  The  Ewart  works  at  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  is  the  chain  plant  and  the  Link-Belt  works  at  Chicago  and  Philadelphia  are  devoted  to  the  engineering,  machinery  and 
structural  steel  departments. 


THE  CAREY  BRICK  COMPANY,  of  Chicago,  was  organized  in  1910,  for  the  manufacture  of  common  and  sewer  brick. 
Thomas  Carey  is  president  and  general  manager  of  the  company.  E.  B.  Myers  is  assistant  general  manager,  and  \\  Hliam  A. 
Sullivan  is  treasurer.  The  capacity  of  the  company's  plant  is  300,000  bricks  per  day  of  eight  hours.  The  concern  is  not 
incorporated. 

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ALBERT  SCH WILL  a  COMPANY 

TUK  LAKOKST  MAM'EVm'KKUS  OF  MALT  IX  THE  WOULD. 


CHICAGO   BRANCH   OF  THE   DIAMOND  RUBBER  COMPANY 

The  Chicago  branch  of  the  Diamond  Rubber  company  of  Akron,  ().,  is  located  at  1531  South  Michigan  avenue.  Charles 
H.  Smith  Is  the  manager  of  the  Chicago  branch.  The  company  maintains  sixty  branch  houses  in  the  principal  cities  of  the 
United  States,  Canada  and  Kurope.  It  manufactures  solid  and  pneumatic  tires,  all  kinds  of  mechanical  rubber  goods,  hard 
rubber.  Insulated  wire  and  cables,  rubber  boots  and  shoes,  and  waterproof  clothing. 

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OREMOST  among  the  industries  which  have  contributed  to  the 
mercial  fame  and  fortune  of  Chicago  is  the  live  stock  trade  at  the  Union 
Stock  yards.  The  fortunate  geographical  location  of  Chicago,  in  the  midst 
of  the  most  prosperous  agricultural  section  of  the  United  States,  logically  has 
established  here  the  greatest  live  stock  market  in  the  world. 

Surrounded  on  all  sides  with  rich  corn-producing  soil  and  close  to  the 
great  western  short  grass  area,  Chicago  is  the  natural  distributing  point  for 
the  millions  of  live  stock  produced  by  the  great  army  of  farmers  and  ranch  men  who 
occupy  the  rural  space  between  Ohio  and  the  Rocky  Mountains.  In  this  area  is  produced 
the  greater  part  of  the  beef,  pork  and  mutton  which  goes  to  make  up  the  daily  bill-of-fare 
of  the  meat-eating  population  of  the  world. 

About  $1,000,000  per  day  in  value  is  the  measure  of  the  live  stock  trade  of  Chicago. 
Previous  to  1865  Chicago's  live  stock  trade  was  handled  and  controlled  by  three  or  four 
of  the  principal  railroads  entering  the  city.  A  few  small  slaughter  houses  took  care  of  the 
business  chiefly  for  local  consumption.  Ten  years  later  the  refrigerator  car  made  its 
appearance  and  practically  from  that  day  the  city's  supremacy  as  a  live  stock  center 
began  to  grow.  In  1866  the  value  of  live  stock  handled  in  Chicago  was  $42, 765, 328.  In 
1875  the  amount  had  increased  to  $117,533,942,  in  1885  to  $173,598,002,  in  1895  to  $200,- 
584,380  and  in  1905  to  $300,472,480.  In  1911  the  value  was  $339,484,690  and  the  volume 
16,397,492  head. 

During  1911  271,660  carloads  of  stock  were  shipped  into  the  stock  yards.  By  head 
and  value  the  classifications  for  that  year  were:  cattle  —  head,  2,931,831,  value,  $180,- 
206,174;  calves  —  head,  521,512,  value,  $5,788,785;  hogs  —  head,  7,103,360,  value,  $110,- 
037,446;  sheep  —  head,  5,736,244,  value,  $24,634,185;  horses  —  head,  104,545,  value, 
$18,818,100. 

Chicago  receives  and  disposes  of  fully  30  per  cent  of  all  the  live  stock  slaughtered  in 
the  United  States.  Even  with  liberal  distributions  at  other  points,  Chicago  has  received 


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in  one  day  49,000  cattle,  87,000  hogs,  and  71,000  sheep  and  in  one  week  95,000  cattle, 
300,000  hogs  and  227,000  sheep.  The  month's  record  stands  at  385,000  cattle,  1,111,000 
hogs  and  895,000  sheep. 

There  are  sixty-seven  abattoirs  in  Chicago  under  government  supervision.  Nearly 
700  acres  in  the  southwest  section  of  the  city  are  given  over  to  the  packing  industry. 
Pens  and  buildings  for  the  yarding  of  stock  take  up  325  acres  and  the  abattoirs  which 
convert  the  major  part  of  this  stock  into  food  take  up  more  than  300  acres.  There  are 
more  than  thirty  miles  of  streets  and  more  than  300  miles  of  railroad  tracks  in  Packing- 
town,  as  the  principal  part  of  the  stock  yards  is  called.  There  are  13,000  pens,  8,500  of 
which  are  covered  or  double  decked.  The  water  pumps  have  a  daily  capacity  of  8,000,000 
gallons  and  the  reservoirs  have  a  capacity  of  10,000,000  gallons.  There  are  90  miles  of 
water  pipe  lines  and  50  miles  of  sewers.  Troughs  for  feeding  and  watering  animals  have  a 
total  extent  of  25  miles.  Acres  of  brick  pavements,  concrete  buildings,  area  ways  and  pens 
and  other  modern  features  are  being  rapidly  installed  in  Packingtown. 

Chicago's  Packingtown  is  a  world  in  itself  and  the  one  great  feature  of  the  city  which 
the  visitor  feels  duty  bound  to  see.  More  especially  is  this  true  among  visitors  from 
abroad,  where  the  reputation  as  a  great  packing  center  is  even  more  firmly  established 
than  at  home.  Here  a  great  army  comes  and  goes  every  working  day  of  the  year  and  takes 
with  it  a  remembrance  of  modern  slaughtering  methods  on  a  most  stupendous  scale.  The 
visitor  is  impressed  with  the  thoroughness  of  it  all  and  observes  how  carefully  everything 
is  utilized,  even  to  the  smallest  hair  and  the  last  drop  of  blood.  It  is  above  all  a  magnificent 
lesson  in  system  and  industrial  economy. 

In  addition  to  the  vast  amount  of  meat  turned  out  from  this  industrial  center  hundreds 
of  by-products  are  made  out  of  material  which  was,  only  a  few  years  ago,  thrown  away.  It 
is  the  utilization  of  this  material  and  the  ability  to  convert  it  into  useful  merchantable 
things  that  have  done  more  to  build  up  Chicago's  Packingtown  than  the  sale  of  beef,  pork 
and  mutton. 


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Chicago's  claim  to  supremacy  in  the  publishing  business  is  based  upon  actual  output.  Of  all 
the  great  houses  whose  books  are  read  in  every  corner  of  the  world,  none,  perhaps,  have  so  large  a 
following  as  Laird  &  Lee,  whose  school  dictionaries,  standard  reference  books,  scientific  and  educa- 
tional publications  and  fiction  have  a  wide  circulation.  It  was  in  1887  that  Laird  &  Lee  began  busi- 
ness in  a  little  room  at  the  corner  of  Lake  and  South  Water  streets,  three  titles  being  their  stock  in 
trade.  They  were  so  successful  they  were  obliged  to  seek  larger  quarters  the  next  year,  and  again  in 
1889,  when  they  leased  4,000  square  feet  on  Jackson  boulevard.  So  large  had  their  output  become  and 
so  constant  the  demand  of  the  public  for  their  publications  that  in  1890  they  again  were  obliged  to 
move,  this  time  to  263  Wabash  Avenue,  where  14,000  square  feet  of  well-lighted  space  gave  them 
room  for  growth  commensurate  with  their  needs.  In  1911,  however,  they  again  found  it  necessary 
to  enlarge  their  quarters  and  in  the  new  electrically  equipped  nre-proof  building  on  the  northwest 
corner  or  Kighteenth  Street  and  Michigan  Avenue  they  are  installed  in  adequate  quarters.  In  1894 
William  H.  Lee  purchased  the  interests  of  Fred  C.  Laird. 


BUSH   &   GERTS    PIANO   FACTORY 

The  factory  of  Bush  &  Gerts,  piano  makers,  occupies  a  block  of  ground  at  Dayton  and  Weed 
streets,  Chicago.  The  business  was  founded  by  the  late  W.  H.  Bush,  who  conducted  it  for  a  short 
time  under  the  name  of  W.  H,  Bush  &  Co.  In  1906  the  Bush  A  Gerts  company,  which  had  previously 
been  incorporated,  was  made  a  million-dollar  corporation.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  William 
Lincoln  Bush,  president;  John  Gerts,  secretary  and  treasurer;  W.  S,  Miller,  vice-president,  and  C.  R. 
Stone,  Fargo,  X.  D.,  second  vice-president.  The  executive  offices  and  warerooms  of  the  company 
are  located  in  the  Bush  Temple  Conservatory  of  Music,  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Clark  Street  and 
Chicago  Avenue.  President  Bush  is  one  of  the  leading  piano  men  of  the  United,  States  and  has 
occupied  high  official  positions  in  the  National  Piano  Manufacturers'  Association. 


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The  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank  Is  one  of  the  big  financial  Institutions  that  help  make  the  name  of  La  Salle 
street  famous.  It  is  housed  In  an  impressive  skyscraper  which  bears  the  name  of  the  bank.  The  Corn  Exchange  Bank 
was  established  in  1871.  The  officers  are:  president,  Ernest  A.  Hamill;  vice-presidents,  Charles  L.  Hutchtnson, 
C'hauncey  J.  Blair,  IX  A.  Mnulton  and  H.  ('.  Sarnmons;  secretary.  John  C.  Xeely;  cashier,  Frank  \V.  Smith;  assistant 
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PALMER   HOUSE 

STATE    AND    MONROE    STREETS,    CHICAGO 

ONE  of  the  most  celebrated  and  substantial  buildings  in  Chicago,  situated  in 
the  center  of  the  business  district,  is  the  Palmer  House,  which  was  built  in 
1872,    soon   after   the   great   fire.       The   style    of   architecture   is    massive    and 
elegant,  and  the  building  faces  on  three  of  the  principal  streets  of  the  city. 

The  Palmer  House  to-day  represents  the  best  in  all  things.  Its  cuisine  cannot 
be  excelled,  and  as  for  comfort,  richness  and  solidity,  this  hotel,  although  one  of 
the  oldest  in  the  city,  ranks  as  the  best. 

Chicago  is  still  and  always  will  be  proud  of  its  celebrated  hotel,  as  the  years 
seem  to  only  enhance  its  excellency.  William  C.  Vierbuchen  is  the  manager. 


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OLIVER  TYPEWRITER  COMPANY'S   BUILDING  AT   159-167   N.    DEARBORN   STREET,   CHICAGO 

The  Oliver  Typewriter  company  was  organized  in  1896  and  occupied  one  room  in  the  Atwood  building,  Chicago.  It  now 
enjoys  its  own  home  in  the  handsome  nve-story  building  erected  in  1907  at  159-167  N.  Dearborn  street  and  occupies  the  entire 
structure  for  its  general  offices.  The  factory  is  located  at  Woodstock,  111.,  where  it  was  established  in  1896.  It  has  grown  from 
a  small  building  to  many  one  story  buildings  covering  more  than  ten  acres  of  ground,  and  employs  thousands  of  men  in  the  manu- 
facture of  typewriters  only.  This  is  truly  an  Illinois  product  and  from  Its  phenomenal  growth,  its  popularity  and  worth  are  easily 
estimated.  Hundreds  of  thousands  of  Oliver  typewriters  are  in  dally  use  throughout  the  civilized  world.  The  officers  are  men 
of  prominence,  force  and  ability.  Lawrence  Williams  is  president  and  general  manager;  Delavan  Smith,  vice-president;  E.  H. 
Smith,  second  vice-president  and  treasurer;  Ricord  Gradwell,  second  vice-president  and  assistant  general  manager;  John  Whit- 
worth,  second  vice-president  and  superintendent  of  factory  at  Woodstock. 


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HE  Metropolitan  West  Side  Elevated  Railway,  of  Chicago, 
through  its  industrial  department,  has  been  instrumental 
in  locating  numerous  large  and  small  industries  outside 
the  loop  and  near  the  outskirts  of  the  city.  The  builders 
of  the  Metropolitan  West  Side  Elevated  Railway  carried 
out  a  heavy  trunk  line  of  four  tracks  from  the  heart  of  the 
city  straight  west  two  miles,  and  then  four  double-track 
branches  spreading  out  and  covering  a  territory  eleven  miles  in  length 
and  six  miles  in  breadth. 

All  four  branches  operate  over  the  main  line  around  the  Union  Loop 
during  the  twenty-four  hours  of  the  day.  The  main  line  parallels  Van 
Buren  street  from  the  loop  to  Marshfield  avenue.  Garfield  Park  branch 
leaves  the  main  line  at  Marshfield  avenue  and  parallels  Van  Buren  street 
to  Fifty-second  avenue,  then  on  the  surface  to  Forest  Park  (Harlem). 
Douglas  Park  branch  leaves  the  main  line  at  Marshfield  avenue  and 
parallels  Paulina  street  south  to  Twenty-first  street;  thence  west  parallel 
to  Twenty-first  street  to  Forty-third  avenue,  then  on  the  surface  to  Fifty- 
second  avenue  and  Twenty-second  street.  The  Logan  Square  branch 
leaves  the  main  line  at  Marshfield  avenue  and  extends  in  a  northwesterly 
direction  to  Robey  street  and  Milwaukee  avenue,  and  then  parallel  with 
Milwaukee  avenue  to  Logan  Square  boulevard.  The  Humboldt  Park 
branch  extends  west  from  Robey  street  and  Milwaukee  avenue,  paralleling 
North  avenue  to  Lawndale  avenue.  The  Metropolitan  company  pur- 
chased property  between  Jackson  boulevard  and  Van  Buren  street,  from 
the  river  to  Fifth  avenue,  and  built  a  terminal,  costing  approximately 
$1,500,000.  A  regular  service  is  operated  in  and  out  of  Fifth  avenue 
terminal  morning  and  evening.  The  Aurora,  Elgin  &  Chicago  Railroad, 
which  taps  the  Fox  River  Valley,  runs  all  its  trains  into  Chicago  over  the 
Metropolitan  to  Fifth  avenue  terminal. 

The  Northwestern  Elevated  Railroad  is  the  four-track  route  of  the 
Chicago  elevated  railroads.  Its  lines  are  extensively  patronized  by  people 
living  along  the  lake  shore  as  far  north  as  Wilmette,  and  in  the  beautiful 
residence  district  of  Ravenswood.  The  main  line  leaves  the  Union  Loop 
at  Lake  street  and  Fifth  avenue  and  runs  in  a  northerly  direction,  paralleling 
the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan.  Belmont  avenue  is  the  junction  of  the  main 
line  and  the  Ravenswood  division. 

The  Chicago  and  Oak  Park  Elevated  Railroad  is  the  original  elevated 
line  of  Chicago,  and  runs  west  on  Lake  street  through  Austin  and  the 
suburb  of  Oak  Park.  It  is  a  three-track  route  west  from  Rockwell  street  to 
Fifty-second  avenue,  a  distance  of  three  and  one-half  miles,  which  permits 
of  express  service  during  the  rush-hour  periods  of  the  morning  and  evening. 
The  South  Side  Elevated  Railroad  is  one  of  the  most  popular  and 
convenient  means  of  transportation  on  the  South  Side.  All  the  main 
points  of  interest  on  the  South  Side  are  reached  by  its  various  branches. 
The  main  line  runs  south  just  east  of  State  street  to  Fortieth  street.  The 
line  runs  east  on  Fortieth  street,  crossing  Michigan  avenue  and  Indiana 
avenue,  then  runs  south  to  Sixty-third  street,  paralleling  Grand  boulevard. 
On  Sixty-third  street  the  line  runs  east  to  the  terminus  at  Jackson  Park, 
made  famous  by  the  Columbian  World's  Fair.  The  Normal  Park  branch 
leaves  the  Englewood  division  at  Sixty-third  street  and  Stewart  avenue, 
running  southerly  and  westerly.  At  Fortieth  street  and  Indiana  avenue 
the  Kenwood  branch  extends  to  the  east,  with  a  terminus  at  Forty-second 
street,  at  the  edge  of  the  lake.  Indiana  avenue  is  also  the  junction  for 
the  Stock  Yards  branch,  extending  west.  This  line  crosses  Halsted 
street  just  north  of  the  Dexter  Park  Amphitheater,  and  forms  a  loop  in 
the  heart  of  the  stock  yards. 

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THE   COMMONWEALTH  EDISON  COMPANY  OF  CHICAGO  is  one 
of  the  world's  foremost  public  service  organizations.     It  supplies  Chicago 
with  electricity  from  its   large  central  stations  for  lighting,  heating,  and 
power  purposes,  at  wholesale  and  retail.     It  operates  under  a  broad  charter  and 
valuable  franchises,  and  by  virtue  of  the  reliability  of  its  supply,  appropriate  rates 
for  classified  service,  a  progressive  policy  of  rate  reductions  compatible  with  the 
wonderful  growth  of  its  business,  it  has  won  an  unusually  favorable  popular  regard. 


GENERAL  OFFICES,  COMMONWEALTH  EDISON  COMPANY 

It  operates  three  principal  and  three  subsidiary  electric  generating  stations, 
of  which  the  Fisk  Street  power  house,  with  ten  steam  turbine  generating  units 
totaling  120,000  kilowatts  capacity  or  160,000  horsepower,  and  the  Quarry  Street 
station  with  six  similar  units  totaling  84,000  kilowatts  or  112,000  horsepower,  are 
at  present  the  largest.  The  third,  known  as  Northwest  station,  is  already  operating 
two  units  of  20,000  kilowatts  each,  or  together  54,000  horsepower  and  will  ultimate- 
ly be  very  much  larger  than  either  of  the  others. 

These  stations  deliver  high-tension  electric  energy  through  underground 
cables  to  fifty-three  sub-stations  located  in  centers  of  demand. 

In  the  downtown  portion  of  the  city  twenty-two  rotary  converter  sub-stations 
distribute  direct  current  at  115  to  230  volts,  but  by  far  the  larger  part  of  the  196 
square  miles  of  Chicago  receives  alternating  current  service  from  other  sub-stations 
at  the  same  pressure. 

Sixteen  sub-stations  contain  very  large  storage  batteries  which  are  capable  of 
supplying  the  service  in  adjacent  sections  for  a  short  period  in  case  of  need.  , 

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Large  stores  of  coal  are  maintained  on  the  grounds  at  the  generating  stations 
and  also  at  two  coal  storage  yards  just  outside  of  the  city,  assuring  an  independent 
coal  supply  sufficient  for  a  period  of  two  or  three  months. 

The  coal  burned  in  the  company 's  powerhouses  in  one  year  amounts  to  approx- 
imately one  million  tons,  consisting  principally  of  Illinois  screenings.  The  com- 
pany's individual  customers  now  number  more  than  140,000.  Its  wholesale  cus- 
tomers are  chiefly  the  local  elevated  and  surface  transportation  companies.  It 
sells  annually  one-third  more  electricity  to  one-third  more  consumers  for  about 
one-third  less  dollars  than  any  other  central  station  concern  in  the  world. 


FISK   STREET  AND  QUARRY   STREET   POWER  HOUSES  OF  THE  COMMONWEALTH 
EDISON  COMPANY,  LOOKING   FROM  THE  NORTH 


The  increase  in  connected  load  in  one  year  is  now  considerably  in  excess  of 
one  million  lamps  of  50  watts  each. 

The  company  maintains  a  well-equipped  new  business  department,  employ- 
ing a  large  number  of  solicitors.  Experts  are  in  charge  of  each  branch  of  this  work, 
and  every  facility  is  afforded  prospective  customers  for  estimating  the  comparative 
advantages  of  electricity  for  light,  heat,  and  power  from  the  central  station. 

The  Company  employs  more  than  $60,000,000  of  capital  represented  by  stock 
and  bonds.  The  annual  appraisement  of  its  physical  properties  and  system,  made 
by  an  independent  firm  of  engineers,  shows  an  actual  value  in  excess  of  the  Com- 
pany's  book  value. 

The  stock  of  the  Company  is  all  in  shares  of  $100  each  and  pays  six  per  cent. 
It  finds  a  ready  market  at  $120  to  $130  a  share  with  slight  fluctuations.  The 
annual  earnings  are  about  $11,000,000. 

The  Company  pays  taxes,  franchise  remuneration,  etc.,  totaling  approximate- 
ly $1,000,000  a  year.  The  number  of  employes  on  the  regular  payrolls  is  now 
approximately  3,000,  exclusive  of  day  labor.  Several  important  provisions  for 
the  general  welfare  of  these  employes  are  maintained. 

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COSMOPOLITAN   ELECTRIC  COMPANY   STATION,   CHICAGO 

The  Cosmopolitan  Electric  Company  is  a  central  station  electric  light  and  power  company  supplying  consumers  In  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  city  of  Chicago  where  it  maintains  its  distributing  lines.  The  power  house  of  the  company,  illus- 
trated herewith,  is  situated  on  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  on  Grove  street  just  east  of  Canal  street.  This  Is  a 
modern,  complete  and  efficient  power  generating  station  of  sufficient  capacity  to  take  care  of  the  needs  of  the  company  for 
some  years  to  come.  It  is  equipped  with  four  large  steam  turbines  driving  alternating  current  three-phase  generators,  the 
equipment  Including  condensers,  circulating  water  for  which  Is  secured  from  the  Chicago  river  and  high  vacuum  by  which  the 
greatest  efficiency  In  the  use  of  the  steam  In  the  turbine  Is  secured.  The  offices  of  the  company  are  located  on  the  eighth 
floor  of  the  Peoples  Gas  Building,  Adams  street  and  Michigan  avenue. 


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THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO  SETTLEMENT,  at  4630  Gross  Avenue.  Chicago,  was  established  in  1894  by  the 
philanthropic  committee  of  the  Christian  Union  of  the  University  of  Chicago.  In  1898  the  settlement  was  incorporated. 
The  gymnasium  of  the  present  building  was  erected  in  1899,  and  the  residents'  house  in  1905.  Miss  Mary  E.  McDowell 
began  her  work  In  the  settlement  in  1894  and  has  gathered  other  workers  about  her  until  the  present  number  of  resident 
workers  Is  eighteen.  The  settlement  is  located  In  the  great  industrial  community  of  foreign-speaking  people  who  work 
in  the  stock  yards  and  packing  houses,  and  is  closely  identified  with  the  life  of  the  neighborhood.  It  has  for  its  object  the 
Industrial,  social,  and  moral  betterment  of  those  living  in  the  community,  and  it  co-operates  with  all  other  agencies 
working  towards  that  end. 

EDWARD  C.  WALLER,  real  estate,  Chicago,  b.  Mason  Co.,  Ky.,  Nov.  21, 
1845;  s.  Henry  and  Sarah  B.  (Langhorn)  Waller;  ed.  schls.  in  Ky.,  and 
Chicago;  resident  of  Chicago  since  1860,  and  since  1866  engaged  in  real 
estate  business;  pres.  North  Am.  Accident  Ins.  Co.;  secty.  and  treas.  Central 
Safety  Deposit  Co.;  mem.  Chicago  Real  Estate  Board;  clubs,  Union  League, 
Chicago  Golf,  Press,  Saddle  and  Cycle;  residence,  River  Forest;  office,  The 
Rookery. 

REV.  CASIMIR  IGNATIUS  GRONKOWSKI,  Roman  Catholic  priest, 
Chicago;  b.  Linne,  Poland;  s.  Felix  and  Julia  (Maciejewska)  Gronkowski; 
ed.'Lipno  and  Nowemiasto  colls.,  Poland,  philosophy;  St.  Mary's  Sem.,  Baltimore, 
Md.,  theology;  St.  Francis  Sem.,  St.  Francis,  Wis.;  ordained  June  20,  1897, 
asst.  pastor  at  St.  Josaphat's  Church;  appt.  pastor  of  St.  Salomea's,  Kensington, 
Apr.  27,  1900;  promoted  to  St.  Adalbert's,  Chicago,  Dec.  1,  1904;  address,  1611 
S.  Paulina  St. 

MENDOTA 

THE  city  of  Mendota  is  82  miles  southwest  of  Chicago  at  the  junction  of  the 
Illinois  Central  and  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  railways. 
It  is  the  home  and  the  place   of   the  invention  of   the  famous  Tower  corn 
cultivating  implements  which  are  widely  used  throughout  the  corn  belt. 

The  original  of  these  implements  are  manufactured  at  Mendota  by  the  J.  D. 
Tower  &  Sons  Company. 

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ABBREVIATIONS 


A.  A.  A.  S. — American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science. 

A.  B.  (also  B.  A.) — Bachelor  of  Arts. 

acad .  — academy. 

mini. — admitted. 

A.  F.  &  A.  M. — Ancient  Order  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

agt. — agent. 

Ala. — Alabama. 

Am.  (also  Amer.) — American. 

A.  M.  (also  M.  A.)— Master  of  Arts. 

appt. — appointed. 

Apr. — April. 

Ariz. — Arizona. 

Ark. — Arkansas. 

Assn. — Association. 

asso.  — associate. 

asst. — assistant. 

att. — attended. 

atty.— attorney. 

A..  T.  &  S.  F.  R.  R. — Atchlson,  Topeka  <fc  Santa  Fe  Railroad. 

\ug. — August. 

Av. — Avenue. 

A.  &  P.  Ry. — Atlanta  &  Pacific  Railway. 
b. — born. 

B.  A.  (also  A.  B.) — Bachelor  of  Arts. 

B.,  A.  &  P.  Ry. — Butte,  Anaconda  &  Pacific  Railway. 

Bapt. — Baptist. 

bd. — board. 

Bldg. — Building. 

bldrs. — builders. 

Blk. — Block. 

Blvd. — Boulevard. 

B.  P.  O    E. — Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

B.  S.  (also  S.  B.) — Bachelor  of  Science. 

B.  &  M.  R.  R.  R. — Burlington  &  Missouri  River  Railroad 

B.  &  O.  R.  R. — Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad. 
Calif.— California. 

Can. — Canada. 
capt. — captain. 
cav. — cavalry. 

C.  B.  L. — Catholic  Benevolent  League. 

C.,  B.  &  O-  R.  R- — Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad. 

C.,  C.,  C.  &  I.  Ry. — Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cincinnati  &  Indianap- 
olis Railway. 

C.,  C.,  C.  &  St.  L.  Ry. — Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &.  Sf 
Louis  Railway. 

C.  &  E.  I.  R.  R. — Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad. 

C.  G.  W.  R.  R- — Chicago  Great  Western  Railroad. 

C.  A.  A. — Chicago  Athletic  Association. 

C.  E. — Civil  engineer. 

Chap. — Chapter. 

Chi.— Chicago. 

chm. — chairman. 

C.,  H.  &  D.  Ry. —  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  &  Dayton  Railway. 

C.,  I.  &  L.  Ry. — Chicago,  Indianapolis  &  Louisville  Railway. 

C.  J.  R.  R. — Chicago  Junction  Railroad. 

elk.— <:lerk. 

C.,  L.  S.  &  E.  R.  R. — Chicago,  Lake  Shore  &  Eastern  Railroad. 

C.,  M.  &  St.  P.  Ry. — Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railway. 

C..  O.  &  G.  R.  R. — Choctaw,  Oklahoma  &  Gulf  Railroad. 

Co. — Company:  county. 

C.  O.  F. — Catholic  Order  of  Foresters. 

col. — colonel. 

Coll.— college. 

Colo. — Colorado. 

com. — committee. 

comm. — commission. 

commr. — commissioner. 

Cong. — Congress;  also  congregation. 

Conn. — Connecticut. 

conv. — convention. 

C.,  R.  I.  &  E.  P.  Ry. — Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  El  Paso  Railway. 


C.,  R.  I.  &  P.  R.  R. — Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Railroad. 

C.  S.  A.  (or  C.  S.  Army) — Confederate  States  Army. 

C.,  St.  P.,  M.  &  O.  Ry. — Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  A  Omaha 

Railway. 

C.,  St.  P.  &  K.  C.  R.  R.— Chicago,  St.  Paul  &  Kansas  City  Railroad 
ct. — court. 

C.  T.  T.  R.  R. — Chicago  Terminal  Transfer  Railroad. 
C.  &  A.  Ry. — Chicago  &  Alton  Railway. 
C.  &  G.  E.  Ry. — Chicago  &  Great  Eastern  Railway. 
C.  &  G.  T.  Ry. — Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk  Railway. 
cty. — county. 

C.  &  N.  W.  Ry. — Chicago  &  Northwestern  Railway. 
C.  &  N.  P.  R.  R. — Chicago  &  Northern  Pacific  Railroad. 
C.  &  O.  Ry. — Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railway. 

C.  &.  W.  I.  R.  R. — Chicago  &  Western  Indiana  Railroad. 

D.  C. — District  of  Columbia. 
D.  C.  L. — Doctor  of  Civil  Law. 
D.  D — Doctor  of  Divinity. 

D.  D.  S. — Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery. 

Dec. — December. 

Del .  — Delaware. 

Dept. — Department. 

dir. — director. 

dist. — district. 

D.,  L.  &  W.  R.  R. — Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  Railroad. 

D.,  G.  H.  &  M.  R.  R. — Detroit,  Grand  Haven  &  Milwaukee 

Railroad.          ^ 

D.,  L.  &  N.  R.  R.— Detroit,  Lansing  &  Northern  Railroad. 
D.  Lltt. — (also  L.  H.  D.) — Doctor  of  Literature. 

D.  V.  S. — Doctor  of  Veterinary  Surgery 
E. — East. 

ed. — educated;  also  editor. 
edn. — education. 
edn'I. — educational. 

E.  E. — Electrical  Engineer. 

E.,  J.  &  E.  R.  R. — Elgin,  Joliet  &  Eastern  Railroad. 

Eng.  —England. 

engr. — engineer. 

engcing. — engineering. 

exec. — executive. 

Exmoor — Exmoor  County  Club. 

Expn. — Exposition. 

E.  &  T.  H.  Ry.— EvansvHle  &  Terre  Haute  Railway. 

Feb. — February. 

Fed. — Federation;  also  Federal. 

Fla. — Florida. 

Ft. — Fort. 

Ga. — Georgia. 

G.  A.  R. — Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

gen.  (also  genl.) — general. 

Ge  r . — Germany. 

G.  N.  Ry. — Great  Northern  Railway. 

grad . — graduated. 

H.  I. — Hawaiian  Islands. 

Horn  eo . — H  omeopathlc . 

Hosp. — Hospital. 

.  A.  C. — Illinois  Athletic  Club. 

.  C.  R.  R. — Illinois  Central  Railroad. 

.  &  St.  L.  R.  R. — Indianapolis  &  St.  Louis  Railroad. 

a. — Iowa. 

da. — Idaho. 

II.— Illinois. 

nd.— Indiana. 

nd.  Ty. — Indian  Territory. 

nfty. — infantry. 

.  N.  G. — Illinois  National  Guard. 

nsp. — inspector. 

nst. — Institute. 

ntern'l. — International. 
Jan. — January. 
Kan.— Kansas. 


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K.C.  Ft.S.  &G.  R.  R., — Kansas  City,  Fort  Scott  &  Gulf  Railroad 
K.  C-,  Ft.  S.  &  M.  R.  R.— Kansas  City.  Fort  Scott  &  Memphis 

Railroad. 

K.  C.  S.  R.  R.— Kansas  City  Southern  Railroad. 
K.  C. — Knights  of  Columbus. 
K.  M. — Knights  of  Maccabees. 
K.  P.— Knights  of  Pythias. 
K.  T. — Knights  Templar. 
Ky. — Kentucky. 
La. — Louisiana. 
L.  I. — Long  Island. 
LL.  B. — Bachelor  of  Laws. 

L.  S.  &  M.  S.  Ry. — Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  Railway, 
lieut. — lieutenant. 
Heut.-flov. — lieutenant-governor, 
[.nth. — Lutheran. 

L.  &  N.  R.  R.— Louisville  &  Nashville  Railroad. 
L.  &  P.  R.  R. — Lackawanna  &  Pittsburg  Railroad. 
m. — married. 
maj. — major. 
Mass. — Massachusetts. 
M.  D. — Doctor  of  Medicine. 
Md.— Maryland. 
Me. — Maine. 

M.  E.— Master  of  Engineering;  mechanical  engineer. 
med.— medical, 
mem  .—member. 
mf  g.  — manufacturing. 
mfr. — manufacturer. 
m  %T  .  —manager. 
Mich. — Michigan. 

Midlothian— Midlothian  County  Club. 
mil. — military. 
Minn. — Minnesota. 
Miss. — Mississippi. 
M.  L. — Master  of  Laws. 
Mo. — Missouri. 
Mont. — Montana. 
M.  S. — Master  of  Science. 
Mt. — Mount. 

Mo.  P.  Ry. — Missouri,  Pacific  Railway. 
Mus.  B.— Bachelor  of  Music. 

M.  &  St.  L.  R.  R. — Minneapolis  &  St.  Louis  Railroad. 
N.  (also  No.) — North. 
nat. — national. 
N.  D.— North  Dakota. 
Neb. — Nebraska. 
Nev. — Nevada. 
N.  H. — New  Hampshire. 
N.  J. — New  Jersey. 
N.  Mex. — New  Mexico. 
No.  (also  N.)— North. 
Nov. — November. 

N.  P.  Ry. — Northern  Pacific  Railway. 
N.  S. — Nova  Scotia. 
N.  W. — Northwestern. 
N.  Y. — New  York. 
N.  Y.  C.  &  H.  R.  R.  R. — New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 

Railroad. 

N.  Y.,C.  &St.L.  R.  R. — New  York,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  Rallroad- 
N.  Y.,  P.  &  O.  R.  R. — New  York.  Pennsylvania  &  Ohio  Railroad. 
O. — Ohio. 
Oct. — October. 
Okla. — Oklahoma. 
Ont. — Ontario. 
Ore. — Oregon. 
Pa.— Pennsylvania. 
Pd.  B.— Bachelor  of  Pedagogy. 


P..  C.  &  St.  L.  R.  R. — Pittsburg,  Cincinnati  &  St.  Louis  Railroad. 

Ph.  D. — Doctor  of  Philosophy. 

Ph.  M.— Master  of  Pharmacy. 

P.  &  S. — Physicians  and  Surgeons. 

P.  I. — Philippine  Islands. 

PI.  —Place. 

pass. — passenger. 

pres. — president. 

prin. — principal. 

prof. — professor. 

pub. — public. 

Ravlsloe— Ravisloe  Country  Club. 

rd. — road. 

Regt.— Regiment. 

rep. — representative. 

repu  b.— republican . 

res. — residence. 

Rev.— Reverend. 

R.  I.— Rhode  Island. 

R.  R.— Railroad. 

Ry. — Railway. 

s. — son. 

S.  (also  So.) — South. 

S.  A. — South  America. 

S.  A.  R. — Sons  of  American  Revolution. 

S.  B.  (also  B.  S,)Bachelor  of  Science. 

S.  C. — South  Carolina. 

sch!. — school. 

Sc.  D. — Doctor  of  Science. 

S.  D.— South  Dakota. 

secty. — secretary. 

Sem. — Seminary. 

Sen. — Senator. 

Sept. — September. 

sergt. — sergeant. 

So.  (also  S.) — South. 

Soc. — Society. 

South  Shore — South  Shore  Country. 

Sq. — Square. 

St. — Saint;  street. 

S.  P.  Ry. — Southern  Pacific  Railway. 

S.  P.  R.  R. — Southern  Pacific  Railroad. 

supt.— superintendent. 

T.,  St.  L.  &  W.  Ry.— Toledo,  St.  Louis  &  Western  Railway. 

treas.  —treasurer. 

Ter. — Territory.  . 

Twp.— Township. 

Univ.  (also  Univer.) — University. 

U.  P.  R.  R. — Union  Pacific  Railroad. 

U.  S. — United  States. 

U.  S.  A. — United  States  Army. 

U.  S.  N.— United  States  Navy. 

•U.  S.  V. — United  States  Volunteers. 

Va. — Virginia. 

Vol.- — Volunteer;  volume. 

Vice-pres.— Vice-president. 

Vt. — Vermont. 

W. — West. 

Wash. — Washington. 

Westward  Ho — Westward  Ho  Golf  club. 

W.  C.  Ry. — Wisconsin  Central  Railway. 

W.,  I.  &  N.  Ry.— Wisconsin,  Iowa  &  Nebraska  Railway. 

Wis.— Wisconsin. 

W.  Va.— West  Virginia. 

Wyo. — Wyoming. 

W.  &  M.  Ry.— Wisconsin  «t  Michigan  Railway. 

Y.  M.  C.  A. — Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 

yr. — year. 


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INDEX 


Abbey,  Charles  Peters  ................................  87 

Abbott,  William  Rufus  ..............................  31 

Abt,  Isaac  Arthur  ...................................  371 

Adamick,  Gustave  Hattenhauer  .......................  69 

Ahern,  Thomas  J  ...................................  358 

Albert  Schwill  &  Co  .................................  397 

Alcock,  John  Henry  .................................  225 

Aldrich,  Charles  H  ..................................  135 

Allen,  John  W  ......................................  22 

Aller,  Mathias  ......  ...............................  '.  .  165 

Almes,  Herman  Earhart  ..............................  72 

American  Steel  Foundries  ............................  379 

Andersen,  Charles  C  .................................  265 

Anderson,  Benjamin  W  ..............................  42 

Anderson,  John  Alfred  ...............................  103 

Anderson,  Norman  K  ................................  51 

Arendt,  Frank  ......................................  126 

Armour  &  Co.  ....  ..................................  390 

Arnold,  Bion  J  ......................................  307 

Arnold,  William  G  ..................................  127 

Arp,  A.  H  ..........................................  260 

Atkins,  Gen.  Smith  D  ...............................  112 

Austin,  William  Baden  ...............................  135 

Automatic  Electric  Co  ...............................  391 

Aveina  Apartments  ..................................  408 

Bailey,  E.  W  .......................................  227 

Baker,  Dillard  B  ....................................  75 

Baldwin,  H.  E  ......................................  370 

Baldwin,  Lauris  Blake  ...............................  229 

Ball,  Charles  Backus  ................................  67 

Barasa,  Bernard  P  ..................................  220 

Barber,  Capt.  Adam  S  ...............................  378 

Barber,  Herbert  Lee  .................................  194 

Barbour,  James  J  ....................................  226 

Bardonski,  Victor  ...................................  45 

Barnes,  P.  R  ........................................  98 

Barrell,  Finley  ......................................  54 

Bartzen,  Peter  ......................................  141 

Baum,  W.  L  ........................................  60 

Beale,  William  G  ....................................  373 

Beebe,  William  .....................................  331 

Behan,  Louis  J  .....................................  133 

Beifeld,  Joseph  .....................................  210 

Beitler,  Henry  Clay  .................................  101 

Belasco,  Daniel  .................  .  ...................  101 

Bemis,  Edward  W  ..................................  166 

Benn,  Aionzo  Newton  ...............................  89 

Bensinger,  Benjamin  Edward  .........  .  ...............  140 

Berger,  Henry  A  ....................................  359 

Bermingham,  Thomas  C  .............................  82 

Berry,  Orville  F  .....................................  337 

Best,  William,  Sr  .................................  276-277 

Beulah  Home  and  Hospital  ...........................  412 

Bewersdorf,  Frank  W  ................................  230 

Bidwill,  Joseph  E  ...................................  266 

Blackmarr,  Frank  Hamlin  ............................  245 

Blair,  Francis  Grant  .................................  52 

Blair,  Henry  Augustus  ..........  .'  .................  190-191 

Blanding,  Lowrie  Church  .............................  41 

Blatchford,  E.  W  ...................................  227 

Bliss,    Eliakim    Raymond  ............................  127 

Blow,  George  Preston  ................................  129 

Boddinghouse,  Kichard  William  ......................  121 

Bode,  Frederick  .....................................  14 

Booz,  John  Taylor  ..................................  162 

Borders,  Michael  Washington  .........................  236 

Boylan,  Peter  Richard  ...............................  319 

Brackett,  Wiley  Lowry  ..............................  271 

Bradley,  Charles  D  ..................................  211 

Bradt,  Charles  E  ....................................  120 

Breit,  Fred  D  .......................................  267 

Briggs,  Clement  Wm.  Kenneth  ........................  230 

Brown,  Bernard  J  ...................................  254 

Brown,  John  B      ...................................  159 

Brown,  John  S  ......................................  118 

Browning,  Granville  Williams  ........................  357 

Brooks,  James  G.  Carter  ..............  .  ..............  33 

Bruce,  James  Edward  ...............................  143 

Buckingham,  George  Tracy  ..........................  288 

Buckley,  James  R  ...................................  163 

Buckley,  Michael  C  .................................  126 


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Bunch,  Francis  Marion 136 

Bunn,  John  W 7 

Burger,  Albert  A 24 

Burke,  James  W 359 

Burkhard,  Frederick 316 

Burnham,  Claude  George 35 

Burres,  Joseph  Reuben 306 

Burtt,  Joseph  Beatty 171 

Busch,  Francis  X 24 

Bush  &  Gerts  Piano  Factory 401 

Butler,  George  Frank 145 

Buxton,  Thomas  Charles 101 

Byllesby,  Henry  Marison '. 208 

Callahan,  Andrew  P 129 

Callahan,  Francis  J 169 

Callahan,  James  Edward 310 

Cannon,  John  Cornelius 44 

Capitain,  Henry  D 267 

Cardwell,  James  Robert 41 

Carey  Brick  Co 396 

Carlson,  Gustaf  H 228 

Carney,  William  James 223 

Carpenter,  Austin  B 364-365 

Carroll,  William 65 

Carry,  Edward  Francis 257 

Case,  Charles  Center,  Jr 335 

Cassels,  E.  H 219 

Catlin,  Thomas  Dean 34 

Caverly,  John  Richard 333 

Center,  Charles  Dewey 220 

Cermak,  Anton  J 125 

Cervenka,  John  A 73 

Chamberlain,  Oscar  Pearl 22 

Chapman,  John  A 98 

Chesrown,  Mervin  M 100 

Chicago  &  Northwestern  Depot 411 

Chicago  Board  of  Trade 374-375 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Ry 383 

Childs,  Frank  Hall 345 

Chones,  William 225 

Chritton,  George  Alvah 332 

Churan,  Charles  Adelbert 249 

Church,  Chester  W 268 

Cigrand,  Bernard  John 268 

City  Hall  and  County  Bldg 404 

Clark,  A.  Sheldon 293 

Clarkson,  Chester  DeWitt 122 

Cobe,  Ira  Maurice 88 

Coburn,  John  J 246 

Coffey,  Michael  J 331 

Cohen,  Edward 314 

Colonial  Trust  &  Savings  Bank 380 

Commonwealth  Edison  Co 418-419 

Conkling,  Clinton  Levering 124 

Connery,  Francis  Daniel 123 

Connery,  Joseph  F 250 

Cooley,  Harlan  Ward 22 

Copeland,  William  Lowry 168 

Copley,  Ira  Clifton .' 200 

Corn  Exchange  National  Bank 403 

Cosmopolitan  Electric  Co 420 

Cottrell,  William  Norman 217 

Cowen,  Winfield  Scott 314 

Craig,  Charles  C 290 

Crandall,  Noble 278-279 

Creigh,  Thomas 156 

Creighton,  James  A 71 

Crews,  Ralph 53 

Critchfield,  Harry  D' 61 

Crowley,  Fred  J 69 

Cruice,  Daniel  Larkin 173 

Cudahy,  Edward  Aloysius 343 

Cudmore,  William  W 330 

Cullerton,  Edward  F 99 

Culver,  Morton  T 221 

Curran,  Richard 161 

Currier,  George  H 76 

Curtis,  Vernon  S 335 

Dailey,  James  M 289 

Dailey,  John 49 


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Danisch,  Frank  P 99 

Banner,  Max  L 367 

Dart,  Carlton  Rollin 70 

Davies,  Edgar  T 330 

Davis,  Abel 25 

Davis,  Erode  Bedford 188-189 

Davis,  George  W 291 

Davis,  John  McCan 328 

Dawes,  Charles  Gates 136 

Dawson,  Thomas  Jefferson 303 

Dean,  S.  Ella  Wood 376 

Deering,  James,  Residence 415 

DeLang,  Theodore  O 31 

Demme,  Emil 331 

De  Silva,  Joseph 371 

Devine,  John  F 249 

Devine,  Miles  J 18 

De  Woody,  Charles  F 67 

Diamond  Rubber  Co.,  Chicago  Branch 397 

Dickinson,  Charles 349 

Dickinson,  David  Knox 347 

Dickinson,  Edward 286-287 

Dickson,  Frank  S 273 

Dingman,  Charles  William 66 

Dobyns,  Fletcher 25 

Doggett,  Herbert  E.  Lee 67 

Donnelley,  Thomas  Elliot 342 

Donovan,  Rupert  D 318 

8owney,  Joseph 21 
rake,  Charles  E 138 

Duffy,  John  M 162 

Dumont,  Henry 317 

Duncan,  Nicholas  W 12 

Dunlap,  D.  C 333 

Dunne,  Edward  Fitzsimmons 9 

Dupee,  Eugene  Henry 317 

Earling,  Albert  J 192 

Earling,  Herman  B 313 

Eastman,  Albert  Nathen 259 

Eastman,  Francis  Amborse 47 

Eberhart,  Noble  Murray 45 

Eberson,  John 340 

Eckert,  Leonard  M 257 

Eckhart,  B.  A 248 

Eckhart,  John  William 247 

Eldredge,  Edgar 19 

Ellingson,  Girard  Alfred 219 

Emrath,  Louis 255 

Ericson,  John  Ernst 107 

Ericsson,  Henry 170 

Ettelson,  Samuel  A 158 

Evans,  Lynden 262 

Ewen,  John  M 237 

Ewen,  Malcolm  Faulkner 221 

Eyman,  Frank  P 123 

Fairchild,  Meredith  H 20 

Fallows,  Edward  H 216 

Farrell,  John  Fletcher 50 

Fetzer,  William  R 68 

Fichter,  John  H 260 

Field,  John  S 320 

Fifer,  Ernest  Reynold 329 

Fink,  Otto  Henry 293 

Finley,  William  Henry 125 

Fish,  Williston 93 

Fishback,  Charles  Fremont 212 

Fisher,  Harry  M 40 

Fitch,  Joseph  Harratt 137 

Fitch,  Samuel  Melvin 226 

Fleming,  Herbert  E 70 

Fletcher,  Robert  V 25 

Flynn,  John  J 49 

Folsom,  Richard  Sweet 30 

Forrest,  Alfred  E 23 

Friedman,  Herbert  J 292 

Frisbie,  Chauncey  Osborn 130 

Fuller,  Maj.  L.  M 17 

Funkhouser,  M.  L.  C 42 

Fyffe,  Colin  Campbell 315 

Gardner,  James  T 259 

Gardner,  William  A 336 

Garrett,  William  Abner 157 

Gash,  Abram  Dale 268 

Gates,  Philetus  Warren 17 

German-American  Portland  Cement  Works 395 

Gillies,  Robert  B 218 

Gindele,  Charles  William 52 

Glackin,  Edward  J 319 

Gleason,  Thomas  C 251 

Glennon,  Edward  Thomas 373 

Glenny,  Ernest  C 23 

Godman,  Elwood  Garner 244 

Going,  Judson  Freeman 195 

Golden,  Isaac  John  King 263 

Golden,  John  Ferdinand 312 


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Goodkind,  M.  L 269 

Goodnow,  Charles  Newell 43 

Gores,  Paul 139 

Gorham,  Sidney  Smith 328 

Gorman,  Aloysius  Francis 228 

Goss,  Charles  Oliver 330 

Gould,  Frank 258 

Graham,  Andrew  J 284-285 

Grein,  Joseph 102 

Greve,  Charles 174 

Gronkowski,  Rev.  Casimir  Ignatius 422 

Gulbransen,  Axel  G 346 

Gunther,  Charles  Frederick 122 

Gurley,  W.  W 91 

Haderlein,  John 102 

Haft,  Charles  M 332 

Hahne,  Albert  Henry 173 

Haight,  George  1 315 

Hair,  Benjamin  Morton 74 

Haley,  Patrick  C 71 

Hall,  James 242 

Hallam,  Wirt  Willard 47 

Halpin,  John  J 230 

Hamilton,  Isaac  Miller 175 

Hanford,  Ira  Linus 269 

Harahan,  James  Theodore 209 

Harahan,  William  J 137 

Harper,  Francis  A 253 

Harper,  John  Erasmus 194 

Harris,  Daniel  J 141 

Harris,  Joseph 363 

Hart,  E.  Orris , 43 

Hart,  Louis  E * 357 

Hayden,  Daniel  B T. 67 

Hazen,  Irvin  R 358 

Head,  Franklin  H IS 

Healey,  Charles  C 319 

Healy,  Stephen  K 271 

Healy,  William  J 126 

Hearn,  Campbell  S 232 

Hebel,  Oscar 163 

Heck,  George  W 143 

Hedenberg,  James  Wesley 22 

Henson,  James  Atlas 47 

Herlihy  Daniel 162 

Heron,  John 44 

Herrick,  John  Jacob 224 

Hewitt,  Charles  Morgan 64 

Hittell,  John  B 335 

Hoelscher,  Herman  M 170 

Hoelscher,  Julius  Henry 207 

Hoerber,  William  Leonard 73 

Hofheimer,  Zach •. 360 

Hoffman,  Peter  Michael 309 

Holly,  William  H 314 

Home  for  Aged  and  Disabled  R.  R.  Employes 409 

Hopkins,  Albert  J 81 

Hopkins,  John  P 304 

Homer,  Wilbur  N 294 

Hottinger,  Gustav 172 

Howard,  Elmer  A 51 

Hoy,  Luman  T 20 

Hoyne,  Frank  G 206 

Hoyne,  Maclay 297 

Huening,  Frank  T 123 

Huey,  Arthur  S 234 

Huff,  Thomas  D 243 

Hulbert,  Edmund  D 132 

Hunt,  Nicholas 289 

Hunt,  Robert  Woolston 128 

Hunter,  Thomas  Monro 263 

Hurburgh,  Charles  F 39 

Kurd,  H.  B 197 

Hurst,  Elmore  W 155 

Huttmann,  Henry  W 314 

Hyzer,  Edward  M 130 

Ickes,  Harold  L 20 

Illinois  Central  Railroad 381 

Illinois  Zinc  Co 392-393 

Jackman,  William  Young 291 

Jacobsen,  C.  Henry 356 

Jandus,  Cyril  R •. 261 

Jefferis,  Andrew  Wilson 131 

Jenczewsky,  Adolph  W 359 

Jennings,  Ode  Douglas 222 

Jensen,  Jens 198 

Jentzsch,  Ernst 218 

Johnson,  Byron  Bancroft 296 

Johnson,  Henry  William 299 

Johnson,  Jay  L 316 

Johnson,  William  Oscar 56 

Jones,  Alfred  Hanby 50 

Jones,  Charles  Sweeney 70 

Jones,  Walter  Clyde 182-183 

Joyce,  John  F 271 


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Judah,  Noble  Brandon,  Jr 262 

Juul,  Niels 98 

Kane,  Edward 329 

Karpen  Bldg 405 

Kaufman,  Nathan  Myren 83 

Keats,  Harry  G 334 

Keehn,  Roy  D 106 

Keeley  Brewing  Company 's  Plant 400 

Keep,  Chauncey 113 

Keirnan,  Thomas  Francis 99 

Keller,  Rudolph  C 86 

Kellermann,  Charles  H 261 

Kelly,  James  J 114 

Kennedy,  Archie  Goodwillie 43 

Ketcham,  William  M 216 

Kewanee  Boiler  Company 384-385 

King,  Edward  J 78 

Kissack,  William 186-187 

Kleeman,  Benton  F 100 

Kleine,  Henry 104 

Knight,  Clarence  A 241 

Knight,  John  B 328 

Kolacek,  William 127 

Kolze,  Henry  J 166 

Kostner,  Joseph  Otto 254 

Kramer,  Adolph  F 18 

Krutckoff ,  Charles 147 

Kruttschnitt,  Julius 154 

Kunze,  L.  G 167 

Kuflewski,  Stanley  J 266 

Kuflewski,  W.  A 43 

LaBuy,  Joseph  S 271 

Laird  &  Lee 401 

Landee,  Frank  A 25 

Laramie,  T.  Fred 97 

Larson,  Lewis  E 65 

La  Salle  St.  National  Bank 382 

Lasier,  David  S 71 

Latham,  Harry  Hubbard 357 

Laughlin,  Elmer  Adams 383 

Lavin,  Patrick  J 225 

Lawley,  James  H 231 

Lay,  Robert  Dwight 265 

Leach,  Thomas  Albert 332 

LeBosky,  Jacob  C 29 

Ledgerwood,  A.  J.  C 133 

Legris,  Joseph 378 

Leininger,  George 41 

Leonards,  Frank  H 357 

Levy,  David  R 250 

Lewinsohn,  Solomon  A 366 

Lewis,  James  Hamilton 79 

Lincoln,  Walter  K 23 

Lindley,  Frank 108 

Link-Belt  Company 396 

Linn,  Almon  Henderson 26 

Live  Stock  Exchange  Nat.  Bank 376 

Loehr,  Leon  L 110 

Lowden,  Frank  O 274-275 

Lucas,  Hugh  L 103 

Lucey,  Timothy 46 

Luchow,  Hans  Adolf  Emil 367 

Lundahl,  Charles  Wm 332 

Lydon,  William  Anthony 184-185 

Lynch,  Henry  John 231 

Madden,  James 315 

Magill,  Lawrence  M 334 

Maher,  Michael  E. . .  .• 196 

Mahoney,  John  A 122 

Mahoney,  Joseph  T 373 

Malmin,  Lucius  J.  M 217 

Maloney,  John  Edward 356 

Mangan,  Edward  M 231 

Mansfield,  Henry 229 

Markham,  Charles  Henry 80 

Marquette  Cement  Mfg.  Co.  Mills 394 

Marquette,  Jesse  Hulse 214 

Martin,  Patrick  H 353 

Mathias,  Lee  Dowling 163 

Matthiesscn  &  Hegeler  Zinc  Co 388 

Maxwell,  William  Willard 196 

Mayer,  Oscar  F 361 

Mayer,  William  Pitt 323 

McCarthy,  John 351 

McCarthy,  Justin  F 77 

McCaskrin,  George  Washington 270 

McCormick  Bldg 402 

McCormick,  Harold,  Residence 413 

McDougall,  Duncan 352 

McGann,  Lawrence  Edward 258 

McGarry,  John  A 197 

McGoorty,  John  P 326 

McGrath",  Richard  J 358 

McGrath,  Shelton  Francis 66 

MelniTnt'v.  James 121 


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McKay,  Hood 379 

McKenna,  Edward  William 92 

McKinley,  Michael  Louis 26 

McLennan,  Hugh 235 

McMahon,  George 168 

McNellis,  Charles 333 

McSherry,  James  Roger 318 

McWeeny,  John 215 

Melican,  William  Francis 40 

Mendel,  Joseph 103 

Mendota,  City  of 422 

Mergentheim,  Morton  Adolph 19 

Metropolitan  West  Side  Elevated 416-417 

Meyer,  Joseph 360 

Miller,  A.  W 134 

Miller,  Darius 8 

Miller,  John  Stacker 32 

Mills,  Herbert  S 233 

Mitchell,  Edward  Everett 341 

Mitchell,  John  J 10-11 

Mohr,  Albert 149 

Mohr,  Louis 223 

Monnett,  Osbprn 161 

Montague,  Michael 255 

Moody,  Charles  H 100 

Moody,  Walter  Dwight 205 

Moore,  John  Robert 123 

Moran,  Frank  T 225 

Moriarty ,  Daniel 253 

Morris,  Edward 16 

Morton,  Horace  Judson 44 

Moss,  Leopold 72 

Moss,  William  R 131 

Mullen,  Timothy  Francis 266 

Mulligan,  George  F 110 

Mulliken,  Alfred  Henry 201 

Murphy,  Everett  Jerome 268 

Murphy,  Dr.  J.  B 15 

Murray,  Carl  T 316 

Neal,  Brent  Biglow 330 

Nelson,  Nils  Anton 361 

Neumann,  Leopold 226 

Newsam,  Richard 97 

Noble,  Alanson  Clark 171 

Nootbaar,  Max i 229 

Novak,  Frank,  H 102 

Nowak,  Albert. 359 

O'Brien,  P.  D 97 

O'Brien,  William  John 334 

O'Connell,  William  L 203 

O  'Donnell,  Patrick  Shaughnessy 367 

O'Donnell,  Paul  M 270 

O  'Hare,  Thomas  J 132 

O'Keeffe,  Patrick  James 328 

O  'Keefe,  Raymond  T 252 

Oliver,  Frederick  Stanley 256 

Oliver  Typewriter  Co 407 

Olson,  Andrew 13 

O'Neill,  A.  Augustus 294 

Orendorff ,  U.  G 372 

O 'Shaughnessy,  Thomas,  Sr 69 

Osthoff,  Otto  E 36 

Otis,  Joseph  Edward 117 

Overall,  George  Whitfield 58 

Owens,  Francis  J 331 

Owens,  John  Edward 29 

Page,  Cecil 142 

Palmer  House 406 

Pam,  Hugo 298 

Park,  Wm.  Lee 160 

Parker,  William  R 162 

Parrish,  George  Randall .' 264 

Paul,  John  C 40 

Payne,  John  Barton 177 

Peirce,  E.  B 193 

Percival,  Joseph  P 371 

Peru  Beer  Company 387 

Petit,  Adelor  J 360 

Pfaelzer,  David  M 44 

Picard,  Napoleon 372 

Pierce,  Charles  Ingals 27 

Pihlfeldt,  Thomas  Geo 71 

Pindell,  Henry  Means 370 

Piotrowski,  Nicholas  L 24 

Pisha,  Joseph  C / 228 

Plummer,  George  Washington 270 

Poppenhusen,  Paul  Albert 107 

Portis,  M.  Milton 17 

Potter,  Fred  W 126 

Powell,  Isaac  Newton 28 

Powers,  Millard  R 46 

Pridmore,  William  Addison 30 

Pullman,  Mrs.  Geo.  M.,  Residence 410 

Purcell,  I.  S 109 

Putney,  Albert  Hutchinson 103 


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Quinlan,  William  Wheelock 68 

Quinn,  Frank  J 127 

Raber,  Edwin  J 267 

Rada,  Karel  E 166 

Rafferty,  Joseph  P 161 

Rahn,  James  M 164 

Randall,  Irving 21 

Rankin,  Chase  R 230 

Rankin,  Ode  Lawrence 301 

Rathje,  Frank  Carl 265 

Rawson,  Frederick  Holbrook 90 

Raymer,  Walter  J 38 

Reading,  Charles  E 231 

Redmond,  Andrew  J T  167 

Reed,  Clark  Scammon 356 

Rees,  Thomas 134 

Reichmann,  Alexander  Frederick 18 

Reinberg,  Peter 109 

Reisch,  George 94 

Reynolds,  Richard  James 334 

Rice,  Fletcher  C 55 

Richert,  John  A 42 

Richolson,  B.  F 226 

Richolson,  Harold 270 

Ridgway,  A.  C 151 

Rigby,  William  Cattron 228 

Ritchie,  William 267 

Roach,  John  Millard 96 

Robbins,  Henry  S 54 

Roberts,  Jesse  Elmer 20 

Robertson,  Charles  Moore 79 

Rockhold,  Frank  A 53 

Rodgers,  Calbraith  P 377 

Rogers,  Buell  Sumner 300 

Rogers,  Cassius  C 193 

Rogers,  Scott  Moncrieff 28 

Romano,  Salvatore 266 

Rooney,  J.  J 40 

Rose,  James  A 281 

Rosecrans,  William  H 379 

Rosenfeld,  Edward  1 45 

Rosenfield,  Walter  A 280 

Rosenthal,  James 339 

Rossiter,  Edgar  A 122 

Roth,  Henry 164 

Runnells,  John  Sumner 144 

Rush,  Charles  Goethe 19 

Russel,  Andrew 308 

Ryan,  Frank  S 319 

Ryan,  Joseph  F 316 

Ryerson,  Edwin  W 172 

Rydzewski,  Frank  X 367 

Sabath,  A.  J 125 

Sanborn,  Lake  W 124 

Scanlan,  Kiekham 198 

Schmidt,  Walter  E 282-283 

Schnepp,  John  S 23 

Schock,  Frederick  R ." 166 

Schuettler,  Herman  F 229 

Schuyler,  Daniel  J.,  Jr 37 

Scott,  Frank  Hamline 115 

Scully,  Thomas  F Ill 

Seaman,  Halleck  Wager 311 

Sethness,  Charles  Olemus ' 41 

Shedd,  W.  J 153 

Sheriff,  Andrew  R 290 

Shnable,  Emile  R 42 

Sima,  Frank 356 

Simons,  Franklin  P 165 

Sitts,  Lewis  D 167 

Sivley,  Clarence  Lee 292 

Skinner,  Charles  P 382 

Small,  Len 116 

Smietanka,  Julius  F 27 

Smith,  Clayton  F 163 

Smith,  Frederick  A 99 

Smith,  Frederick  H 140 

Smulski,  John  Franklin 238 

Snite,  Francis  Joseph 358 

Spears,  Henry 329 

Spencer,  George  Joseph 108 

Spinney,  Edmund  C 248 

Stack,  Edmund  J 355 

Standard  Forgings  Co 386 

Stanton,  Walter  Thomas 204 

Star  Union  Brewing  Company 389 

Starring,  Mason  Brayman 84 

Stead,  William  Henry 150 

Stelk,  John 146 

Stephens,  Malbern  Monroe 148 

Stewart,  Harry  J 69 

Stillwell,  Homer  Allison 348 

Stone,  Clyde  Ernest 269 

Strandberg,  Erik  Peter 227 

Stromberg,  Alfred 180-181 

Stuart,  James  E 252 


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Stucknrt.  Henry  .............  .  .......................  68 

Sturtz,  Charles  Elmer  .................  85 

Sullivan,  Denis  E  ...................................  322 

Sullivan,  John  J  ....................................  318 

Sullivan,  Joseph  Henry  .......................  H'>  1 

Sullivan,  Michael  F  .............................  335 

Sullivan,  Roger  C  ..................................  305 

Sullivan,  Thomas  M  .................................  165 

Summers,  Leland  L  .................................  295 

Swanson,  Charles  E  .................................  318 

Sweitzer,  Robert  Magner  .............................  66 

Tabor,  Roy  Bartling  ..............................  105 

Talbot,  Joel  Francis  .................................  125 

Tatge,  Gustavus  J  ...................................  265 

Taylor,  Clarence  W  .................................  361 

Taylor,  David  Lee  ..................................  327 

Taylor,  Edmund  H.,  Jr  ..............................  344 

Taylor,  Howard  Singleton  ............................  101 

Taylor,  Thomas,  Jr  ..................................  272 

Tenney,  Horace  Kent  ................................  68 

Teter,  Daniel  Patrick  ................................  329 

Thearle,  Harry  Bishop  ...............................  21 

Thompson,  William  Hale  .............................  176 

Thornton,  Charles  S  .................................  239 

Tilden,  Edward  .....................................  152 

Tilden,  William  Alonzo  ..............................  142 

Tinsman,  Homer  Ellsworth  ...........................  269 

Tobias,  Arthur  Wilson  ...............................  17 

Tower,  George  Daniel  ...............................  63 

Townsend,  Frederick  B  ..............................  74 

Traeger,  John  E  ....................................  65 

Trainor,  John  C  .....................................  120 

Triner,  Joseph  ......................................  350 

Trude,  Samuel  H  ...................................  227 

Twigg,  Charles  .....................................  46 

Tyrrell,  John  F  .....................................  106 

Uhlir,  Joseph  Z  .....................................   317 

Uhrlaub,  Francis  Adolph  Edward  .....................    175 

Union  Stock  Yards,  Chicago  .......................  398-399 

United  Cereal  Mills,  Ltd  .............................   421 

University  of  Chicago  Settlement  .....................   422 

Upham,  Frederic  W  .  .  .  .  .......................     48 

Urion,  Alfred  R  .....................................     59 

Utpatel,  Henry  .....................................   315 

Utt,  W.  H  ...........................  .195 


Vail,  Charles  Winfield  .  . 
Van  Arsdale,  Fred  A 
Vavra,  W.  J 
Vavricek,  Frank  J 
Veeder,  Albert  H 


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139 
199 
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Virginia  Hotel  ................  ,  .....................  404 

Visitation  Academy  .................................  414 

Vogler,  Frank  A  ....................................  360 

Voigtmann,  Frank  ..................................  124 

Voliva,  Wilbur  Glenn  .............................  368-369 

Von  Frantzius,  Fritz  .................................  169 

Vopicka,  Charles  J  ...........  174 

Wacker,  Charles  Henry  ..............................  78 

Wagner,  Carl  B  .....................................  120 

Wagner,  Emil  W  ....................................  121 

Wahl,  Albert  .  .                ...............................  222 

Walker,  Edwin  K  ...................................  121 

Walker,  Francis  William  .............................  213 

Waller,  Edward  C  ...................................  422 

Walsh,  Frank  J  .....................................  102 

Walsh,  Martin  ......................................  164 

Ward,  Spencer  ......................................  75 

Waring,  James  Mowton  Saunders  ......  *.  ..............  295 

Weber,  Eugene  ......................................  302 

Weber,  William  Henry  ...............................  361 

Webster,  George  Washington  .........................  120 

Weccard,  John  W  ...................................  105 

Weil,  Joseph  A  ......................................  373 

Weisskopf,  Max  A  ...................................  100 

Welbasky,  William  J  .....  .  ..........................  199 

Welsh,  John  Douglas  ................................  65 

Wells,  Hosea  Williams  ...............................  124 

Wengler,  Mathias  ...................................  382 

Wessel,  P.  H  .......................................  161 

Weston,  George  .....................................  325 

Wetmore,  Frank  O  ..................................  76 

Wheeler,  William  Guy  ...............................  95 

Wheelock,  William  W  ...............................  55 

White,  A.  J  ........................................  47 

White,  George  Henry  ................................  138 

White,  William  S  ...................................  Ill 

Whitman,  John  Lorin  ................................  240 

Wickett,  Frederick  H  ................................  321 

Wieland,  Charles  G  .................................  354  . 

Wilcox,  William  Dana  ...............................  317 

Wilkerson,  James  Herbert  ............................  324 

Williams,  John  Charles  ..............................  46 

Wilson,  C.  E  .......................................  338 

Wilson,  Francis  S  ...................................  62 


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Wilson,  Frank  J 165 

Winchell,  Benjamin  La  Fon 178-179 

Wing,  Fred  M 371 

Winston,  B.  M 19 

Winston,  Charles  A 66 

Wolf,  Adam 167 

Woodhull,  Ross  Arnold 77 

Woodruff,  Edward  Nelson 104 

Woolley,  Clarence  Mott 202 


Woolner,  Samuel 362 

Wysong,  Ota  B 45 

Zeller,  Geo.  Anthony 21 

Zender,  Henry  Adam 24 

Zillman,  Christian  Charles  Herman 

Zimmer,  Michael 

Zimmer,  Peter 333 

Zwiefka,  Vincent  S 251 


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